Elaine Loughlin: Poll shows domestic violence is devastatingly pervasive
The Irish Examiner’s rural survey of attitudes reveals that domestic and gender-based violence continues to be down-played and dismissed, writes Elaine Loughlin
Ger Ryan, centre, as Paula Spencer in Roddy Doyle’s 1994 TV drama 'Family'. The series sparked outrage when it first aired in Ireland. File Picture: BBC
It’s been 30 years since Roddy Doyle’s TV series Family provided a raw depiction of domestic violence, and in doing so sparked backlash and hostility.
“I got more than one letter claiming it didn’t happen in Ireland, and if I wanted to do it I should have set it in England,” the Booker Prize winner this week remembered.
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