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# Domestic Abuse

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'My own experience of domestic and sexual violence changed everything about me'
'I feel like the only way out is to die': Over 20,000 disclosures of abuse made to Women's Aid in 2019
Johnny Depp joked about punching Amber Heard in the face, court told
Increase in patients telling GPs they are victims of domestic violence during pandemic
Amber Heard to begin giving evidence in Johnny Depp ‘wife beater’ libel trial
Man arrested and charged following investigation into coercive control
There has been a 25% increase in domestic violence calls to gardaí over past year
Almost 5,600 incidents of domestic abuse reported to gardaí in past two months
Women report being strangled, raped and beaten as calls to helpline surge during lockdown
'The scariest part was there was no remorse': One survivor on her experience of domestic abuse
'A breeding ground for abuse': Children at risk behind the closed doors of Covid-19
"I feel constantly suffocated": The domestic violence epidemic raging behind closed doors of Covid-19
New domestic violence ad campaign tells victims support is 'still here' despite the pandemic
'They saved my life': Domestic abuse survivor urges neighbours to call gardaí if they hear violence
TV and radio ads set to be part of new campaign against domestic abuse during Covid-19 crisis
Gardaí implement Operation Faoisimh to protect against domestic abuse during Covid-19 crisis
'Deep concerns' over safety of women and children affected by domestic violence during Covid-19 crisis
State's first conviction for coercive control handed down in Donegal Circuit Court
Flanagan says law to allow gardaí disclose a partner's abusive history 'not considered necessary'
Increase in number of younger men joining programmes set up to help change abusive behaviour
One-quarter of under-25s believe men should be head of the household
A new helpline for male victims of domestic abuse has been launched today
'I just accepted that this was how it was going to end': Victim of domestic abuse recalls horror attack
Thousands of cases of women being beaten, choked, threatened with weapons and smothered in 2018
Domestic abuse service helped 76 women and 100 children in 24 hours
How young women can recognise dating abuse and get help if they need it
'A woman often blames herself ': Dispelling myths around domestic abuse
Domestic abuse against men: 'He'd been kicked in the balls: he was black and blue to his knees'
First woman convicted under UK's new domestic violence laws after leaving partner '10 days from death'
'A game of snakes and ladders': 28% of calls to Women's Aid were about abuse by ex-partners
Opinion: 'When we ask that question – why doesn’t she leave? - we abuse again'
FBI chief contradicts White House timeline on Trump aide Rob Porter's security clearance
White House staff secretary resigns after two ex-wives allege domestic abuse
Instead of asking 'Why didn't she leave', ask 'Why did he hit her?' - domestic violence survivor
'Men tolerate abuse': Over 5,000 reports of domestic abuse against men made in 2016
A US plan to reduce domestic violence and murder may be rolled out in Clare
TDs urged to pass new domestic violence bill making psychological abuse a crime
Westmeath man given life sentence for murdering mother of his children
Abusive husband allowed back into home after wife couldn't afford €130 legal aid fee
Mother and children placed in hotel with 'bloodstained mattresses' after fleeing domestic violence