A young abuse campaigner has criticised the Irish Government for failing to tackle the deepening domestic violence crisis in Ireland at a special conference in the UK. A young abuse campaigner has criticised the Irish Government for failing to tackle the deepening domestic violence crisis in Ireland at a special conference in the UK. Ainie Grainger, a co-founder of Stop Domestic Violence in Ireland (SDVII), accused the Government of paying lip service to the problem of domestic violence. “Domestic abuse in Ireland remains a stigma, something that is brushed under the carpet that nobody wants to talk about,” she added. Ms Woodcraft played a key role in the campaign to have domestic violence recognised as something that the police could and should intervene in, in Britain through the Domestic Violence and Matrimonial Proceedings Act of 1976 (DVA).

Source: Irish Independent February 01, 2020 09:56 UTC