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# Domestic Abuse

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Poll: Would you intervene if you saw domestic violence?
Opinion: Psychological and emotional abuse should be recognised as crimes
Patricia Tsouros
Should domestic violence be treated more seriously than public assault?
Hundreds who called women's helpline had suffered over 21 years of abuse
Opinion: Domestic violence victims who are disabled face multiple obstacles to help
Margaret Martin
Floyd Mayweather sees the Ray Rice assault case differently to a lot of other people
Why are there no refuges for male victims of domestic violence?
Opinion: 'On one occasion she punched me in the face numerous times'
Catherine W
Violence in the home: "It was always the fear that this person was going to kill me"
Here's What Happened Today: Tuesday
467 women and 229 children received domestic abuse support in just one day last year
One in eight women suffers domestic abuse during pregnancy
Mothers more likely to suffer depression four years after childbirth
Aaron McKenna: Domestic violence is just that – violence. Why not treat it that way?
Aaron McKenna
Tom Meagher: To say the words 'my wife is missing' really just guts you
Two councils fund women's refuge to stop it closing
Increase in domestic abuse applications in courts 'only the tip of iceberg'
'My father was a thug and a bully': Applause for Senator after domestic abuse speech
These stories of domestic abuse are prompting calls for a change in law
Column: Behind the veil – a new era has begun for family courts
Katherine Irwin
US police help woman who took selfie of domestic abuse
Abused husband was 'knocked out' and had knife 'lunged' at him
Column: Domestic abuse in same-sex relationships isn't talked about – but it's real
Catherine W
Poll: Should a domestic violence clause be added to immigration law?
Domestic violence victims ‘trapped’ by immigration laws
New committee report will ‘lift the lid’ on domestic abuse
Column: No behaviour that degrades women can be dismissed as ‘just a domestic’
Margaret Martin
Cuts to domestic violence services are "hacking away at life-lines"
22 pregnant women looked for safety from violence - on one day
Over 3,000 domestic abuse victims helped by support commission last year
Raped, beaten, stalked: One woman’s struggle with ongoing domestic abuse
Amy Croffey
Irish Presidency secures EU agreement on domestic violence protection order
Increased demand for marriage counselling as financial difficulties rise
Charity warns male victims of domestic abuse are vulnerable at Christmas
Women's Aid warns Christmas stress can trigger domestic abuse
Feature: Hell hath no fury like a man scorned