Calls for training for gardaí on impacts of stalking 

Victims are experiencing many types of stalking behaviours (emails, threats, hacking, following or attending their home or workplace) it could mean that they have fewer spaces they feel safe to retreat to or recover.

Gardaí and support services need training on the psychological impacts of stalking, a leading campaigner has said.

Eve McDowell, co-founder of Stalking Ireland, said the impacts documented in new research conducted in Britain would be similar in Ireland and could even be “prolonged even further” due to the lack of stalking support services here.