Tearmann Cavan-Monaghan has helped 300 domestic abuse victims over the last year.
Siobhan McKenna who has worked with the service for nearly 30 years revealed the figures at a recent sitting of the Local Community Partnership Programme which was held at the Peace Campus in Monaghan Town.
According to Siobhan, the service offered support to 297 women and three men during 2025.
The age of those who availed of the service in 2025 ranged from 15 to 82 and during 2025 Tearmann also provided a total of 2,300 interventions.
Siobhan also revealed that stark figures that approximately 1 in 3 women aged 15 and older have been subjected to physical or sexual violence in their lifetime, mostly by an intimate partner.
Speaking to Northern Sound, Siobhan the service fully understand how difficult it can be to a relationship or an unsafe environment.
Siobhan outlined the importance of reaching out for help if it is needed: "Reach out and talk to someone regardless of who it is as long as it's someone that you trust and then you can start to make gradual steps towards making contact with services as we want people to make that call.
"Once the call is made we will take it from where the woman is at in the minute in time. We will look at what it is that she wants to do, what choices she might have and what path she wants to follow because it's really all down to what she feels safe and confident enough to do and then we can support her around all of the connections that we have in terms of the all different areas that Tearmann works in."
Tearmann provides community-based support, information, and advocacy for women and children experiencing or recovering from domestic abuse. Services include emotional support, court accompaniment, crisis counselling, safety planning, and outreach. The organisation promotes empowerment through non-judgmental and respectful engagement. Referrals are accepted from multiple professional and voluntary sources, and self-referral is also welcomed.
Contact Tearman via:
Website - www.tearmann.net
Phone - 4772311
Email - [email protected]
