Ireland has accepted its “stark” domestic violence figures for too long, its justice minister has said.
Helen McEntee gave a run-through of her strategy to combat gender-based violence – a central aim of her tenure in the justice role – during an address to the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA) on Thursday.
Quoting figures from the EU’s Fundamental Rights Agency, she said that one in three women in Europe have experienced some form of physical or sexual violence during their lifetime; one in 20 women have been raped; and two in five women have experienced psychological abuse from a current or former partner.
