Irish Examiner view: Speak up to save victims of domestic violence from tyrants

SAFE Ireland said 3,450 women and 589 children contacted a domestic violence service for the first time, between March and August this year.

Domestic abuse has had a long, unsettling history in this society. Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA

The announcement yesterday afternoon from European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen that Brexit divorce negotiations will continue after last night's deadline had passed was hardly unexpected. 

The consequences of failure, for all of those involved, are so profound, so sweeping that every last opportunity to reach a viable settlement must be utilised.