LOCAL SENATORS Patricia Stephenson and Malcolm Noonan are both in support of a bill brought forward by the Cross-Party Group in the Seanad aimed at strengthening legal protections for survivors of domestic violence.

SINN Féin MEP Kathleen Funchion has urged the government to allocate greater resources to domestic and gender-based violence services, following a parliamentary response revealing a further increase in domestic abuse calls to An Garda Síochána in ...

“So many victims, mostly women, are enduring unthinkable nightmares in their own homes. We need a more victim-centred approach"