Navigating Irish family law system is 'worse than the abuse', Women's Aid warns
'This research is very difficult but required reading for anyone who plays any part in the family justice system,' Women’s Aid CEO Sarah Benson said. File picture: Sharppix
Some adult victim-survivors of domestic abuse have described navigating Ireland’s family law system as ‘even worse than the abuse’, prompting fresh calls for urgent reforms.
The description is contained in groundbreaking new research which has found a system that causes ‘secondary victimisation’, with adult and child victim-survivors of domestic abuse being retraumatised during guardianship, custody, and access proceedings.
