Safest time for many women to phone is early morning as others sleep, says charity

Women’s groups warn lack of joined-up thinking among agencies and local authorities means victims of domestic violence face increased risk of further abuse

Bereaved women hope to raise €50,000 in aid of women and children affected by issue

Organisation joins with Facebook to produce online safety guide

Women’s Aid wants review of all domestic violence homicides ‘to learn’ from the events

Men sometimes say something like ‘those breasts are for me, they are not for the baby’

Women’s Aid helpline received 12,041 calls about domestic violence during 2015

Domestic violence agency says women more at risk from current or ex- partners than strangers

Relatives of executed leader Major John MacBride meet for the first time

A campaign aims to help young women to recognise red flags when dating and to combat online stalking and ‘revenge porn’

It is a potent tool to empower victims but needs to be managed carefully

DkIT initiative created to help frontline staff recognise and respond to violence in home

President sympathises over ‘terrible loss of young member of force’ in pursuit of his duty

It is important to be available in the middle of the night after an attack, director says

Courts see huge rise in applications for safety orders under domestic violence legislation

State agency concedes that women fleeing domestic violence offered sleeping bags

Tusla funding reduction of 20% feels like ‘new recession’, warns agency’s director

Law must also address online harassment

Women’s Aid wants emergency barring orders and creation of criminal offence of stalking

One in three new Women’s Aid clients were migrants, agency says