The Government will establish a new Domestic Violence Agency in 2024.

'The study highlights key factors leading to women withdrawing from the legal system'

Should it not be the perpetrator that is made leave the home?

Deputy Tully said that victims are facing a postcode lottery.

2022 was the worst year on record and nine counties are still without refuge centres including Cavan and Monaghan.

'We know it's a persistent and deliberate pattern of behaviour by an abuser over a long period of time'

252 people were prosecuted for the crime in 2019.

'I love the old courthouse in Bailieborough because it's where our library was when I was a child'