Domestic abuse in Ireland - a year in crisis

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In early spring of 2021, Adapt, a women's refuge in Tralee, Co Kerry, received a call from a Dublin woman.

She was two months pregnant, and had escaped from her house. She had no money, her phone's battery was dying, and she was in need of safety.

The woman called the refuge in Tralee only after she had tried other refuges closer to home. They were all full.

"She seems to be in an awful position," Catherine Casey, the manager of the refuge, told RTÉ Investigates.

https://www.rte.ie/news/investigations-unit/2022/0206/1278228-domestic-abuse-in-ireland-a-year-in-crisis/