Emer Farrell, Paula McEnroe and Carmel Foley (Direct Provision Cantre), Martin Malone (Chair Men’s Shed), Enda and Brian McCormack (Men’s Shed Longford), Community Sergeant Darran Conlon, Posy Greene (Longford Acorn), Gary Blanchfield (ALONE), Cllr Seamus Butler and Superintendent Seamus Boyle raising awareness for domestic violence services at Go Puple Day Pictures: Shelley Corcoran There was a sea of purple at Longford Garda Station on Friday morning as Gardaí and local domestic violence support services donned the colour for Go Purple Day. Nationally, An Garda Síochána partnered with Men’s Aid and Safe Ireland on Friday, April 29, to mark Go Purple Day and help raise awareness about domestic violence and the local domestic violence support services available to those affected in Ireland. The initiative was first organised in 2020 by Community Garda, Stacey Looby from Athlone Garda Station to help strengthen community partnerships between domestic violence services and An Garda Síochána, and it is now a national day of awareness about domestic abuse. Gardaí from the Longford and Granard Districts invited local community groups, councillors and domestic violence support service providers to attend Longford Garda Station for a morning of tea, coffee and conversation about domestic violence in the county. All were encouraged to wear purple to mark the day. “Domestic violence includes physical, sexual, emotional or mental abuse of one partner by another in a relationship which may or may not be one of marriage or cohabitation and includes abuse by any family member against whom a safety order or a barring order may be obtained by another family member,” said Longford county’s Superintendent Seamus Boyle, explaining An Garda Síochána’s Domestic Violence policy on Friday morning. “Domestic violence is not confined solely to heterosexual relationships but also occurs within lesbian, gay and bisexual or transgender relationships. “Though women in heterosexual relationships account for

placeholder image — Emer Farrell, Paula McEnroe and Carmel Foley (Direct Provision Cantre), Martin Malone (Chair Men’s Shed), Enda and Brian McCormack (Men’s Shed Longford), Community Sergeant Darran Conlon, Posy Greene (Longford Acorn), Gary Blanchfield (ALONE), Cllr Seamus Butler and Superintendent Seamus Boyle raising awareness for domestic violence services at Go Puple Day Pictures: Shelley Corcoran There was a sea of purple at Longford Garda Station on Friday morning as Gardaí and local domestic violence support services donned the colour for Go Purple Day. Nationally, An Garda Síochána partnered with Men’s Aid and Safe Ireland on Friday, April 29, to mark Go Purple Day and help raise awareness about domestic violence and the local domestic violence support services available to those affected in Ireland. The initiative was first organised in 2020 by Community Garda, Stacey Looby from Athlone Garda Station to help strengthen community partnerships between domestic violence services and An Garda Síochána, and it is now a national day of awareness about domestic abuse. Gardaí from the Longford and Granard Districts invited local community groups, councillors and domestic violence support service providers to attend Longford Garda Station for a morning of tea, coffee and conversation about domestic violence in the county. All were encouraged to wear purple to mark the day. “Domestic violence includes physical, sexual, emotional or mental abuse of one partner by another in a relationship which may or may not be one of marriage or cohabitation and includes abuse by any family member against whom a safety order or a barring order may be obtained by another family member,” said Longford county’s Superintendent Seamus Boyle, explaining An Garda Síochána’s Domestic Violence policy on Friday morning. “Domestic violence is not confined solely to heterosexual relationships but also occurs within lesbian, gay and bisexual or transgender relationships. “Though women in heterosexual relationships account for

PICTURES | Go Purple Day: Longford Gardaí show support for Domestic Violence victims

Published 5th May 2022, 09:00 BST

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Cathaoirleach of Longford Municipal District Cllr Uruemu Adejinmi and Cathaoirleach of Ballymahon Municipal District Cllr Mick Cahill with Superintendent Seamus Boyle on Friday

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Maggie Curley (Court Clerk), Laura Flynn (LCRL), Amy McGlynn and Michelle Fenelon (LCRL), Sonya Fitzmorris (LWL Domestic Violence Service), Natalie O’Reilly, Gda Gillian Carlos, Carrie Belton LCCC, Cllr Uruemu Adejinmi and Superintendent Seamus Boyle donning their purple for Go Purple Day

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Cllr Mick Cahill, Catherine Marsh (SATU), Kitty Hughes (Old Persons’ Council), Inspector Dave Jordan, Irene Monaghan (SATU), Noreen O'Sullivan, Emma Keane (Midlands Simon Community), Megan Kenny, Senator Michael Carrigy and Barbara Heslin (Longford County Council)

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Janine Bartley (Community Safety Coordinator), Aneta Safiak, Tena Keown, Joanna Casey (Foróige), Chloe Hickey, Barbara Stachowska (Midlands Polish Community), Geraldine Kane (HSCL for St Joseph’s), Gda Gillian Carlos, Barbara Heslin (Longford CoCo), Cllr Mick Cahill and Supt Seamus Boyle

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