Margaret Martin
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Available women’s refuge spaces inadequate, Minister accepts
- Irish News
- April 10, 2019, 17:29
The State needs to provide more emergency refuge spaces for women and their children, Minister for Children Katherine Zappone has acknowledged. Ms Za(...)

Early education could help prevent domestic violence
- Health & Family
- March 21, 2019, 06:01
The shameful phenomenon of male violence towards women is never far from the headlines, usually in relation to the latest tragic case. The year is st(...)

Government ratifies Istanbul Convention obliging it to tackle violence against women
- Social Affairs
- March 8, 2019, 11:39
After many years of campaigning by women’s groups, the Government on Friday ratified the Istanbul Convention - a key international instrument to tackl(...)

Special gardaí to review domestic murders to ‘improve services’
- Crime & Law
- February 10, 2019, 15:59
Murders that take place in a domestic setting are to be reviewed individually by specialist gardaí in an effort to identify how they might have been p(...)

Rathmines women’s refuge due to reopen, says Tusla
- Social Affairs
- January 10, 2019, 17:53
A women’s refuge in south Dublin for victims of domestic violence which closed in 2017 is due to reopen this year, according to Tusla. The refuge in(...)

Women do ‘everything’ to reduce violence at Christmas for sake of their children
- Irish News
- December 27, 2018, 00:07
Women will do “everything” to minimise emotional and physical violence they experience around Christmas time for the sake of their children, according(...)

Celine Cawley siblings call for legal reform of inheritance
- Social Affairs
- November 23, 2018, 09:05
The siblings of Celine Cawley, who was killed by her husband Eamonn Lillis in their home in Howth, Co Dublin, have called for legal reforms that would(...)

Domestic abuse survivors at risk of further harm, says Women’s Aid
- Life & Style
- April 24, 2018, 12:26
Women’s Aid has warned that women are being left at risk of further harm due to Ireland’s overstretched legal system and insufficient resources for su(...)

Belfast trial has ‘chilling effect’ on rape victims
- Politics
- April 5, 2018, 22:21
Victims of rape have reported an unwillingness to take their case to court in the wake of the Belfast rugby trial, the Rape Crisis Network has said. (...)

Women should have option of abortion in event of rape or incest, group claims
- Politics
- April 5, 2018, 20:36
Women should be given the option to terminate their pregnancies if they are the victim of rape or incest, the Together for Yes campaign has said. Mae(...)