Number of domestic violence victims in Cork unable to secure emergency shelter without proof

West Cork Beacon, a service for victims of domestic and sexual violence, says that four such cases have come to their service within the past year

Victims include a woman who was pregnant but was not given homeless accommodation because it was deemed that she could return to her ex-partner’s bedsit. File photo

A victim of domestic violence who had to return to her family home when she was denied homeless status ended up in a hotel a short time later after the violence escalated.

The woman had left with her children but returned home when they were refused homeless status by Cork County Council.