Selective approach to domestic violence

IN my letter (Irish Examiner, October 30), I questioned why your columnist Fergus Finlay (Irish Examiner, October 24) had omitted male victims of domestic violence.

Mary Cleary of Amen (Irish Examiner letters, November 3) also challenged him on this issue. Mr Finlay did not reply, but instead followed up with more of the same in his column of November 28, once again making no reference to men who suffer domestic violence.

He did, however, call on Finance Minister Brian Cowen to give an extra €750,000 to Women’s Aid in the budget. This is despite the fact that the ‘domestic violence against women’ sector is already awash with millions of euro of taxpayers’ money while male victims receive only a pittance.