Men’s Aid received more than 2,000 new contacts last year

Karen Ryan, centre, earlier this year with family members and supporters at the Circuit Criminal Court in Dublin which found that her father was killed by his partner. Picture: Collins Courts

There were almost 6,500 domestic violence engagements with the male support service Men’s Aid last year, with more than 2,000 contacts made for the first time.

A Men’s Aid report, in conjunction with Professor Melissa Corbally at Trinity College, shows that there were 2,943 calls to the Men’s Aid service last year out of the 6,470 total engagements.