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Varadkar: New paid leave law should not require proof of domestic abuse

...be based on an 'honour' system. She explained: "It’s been reported that while the employer will pay for your leave for DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, there will be a clawback and government will pay that. "The reason why employers will be asked to pay for it is so that you...

05 Oct 2022 at 13:44

Soccer

EXPLAINED: What was behind the deadly football match stampede?

Violence and a deadly stampede that erupted following a domestic league football match on Saturday night marked another tragedy in Indonesian football. Here is a look at how the chaos occurred and what is being done to prevent future incidents. – ...

02 Oct 2022 at 10:58

National News

Public has high level of trust in gardai, new survey finds

...Superintendent Colm Noonan Garda National Protective Services Bureau commented, "An Garda Síochána clearly identified DOMESTIC VIOLENCE and Sexual Offences as a key focus in early 2020 and throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. Operation Faoiseamh and the...

18 Aug 2022 at 12:14

Local News

Public has high level of trust in gardai, new survey finds

18 Aug 2022 at 22:59

Local News

Majority of murders in Ireland last year had domestic abuse motivation – report

A report on crime trends has revealed that the majority of murders in Ireland last year had a domestic abuse motivation. A Garda review of crime found a 399% increase in domestic abuse motivations for sexual offences from 2020 to 2021. While the ...

23 Sept 2022 at 19:27

National News

European effort to tackle gender-based violence will be ‘bigger and better’

The joint effort within Europe to tackle domestic, sexual and gender-based violence will be “bigger and better” after the majority members of the Council of Europe signed the Dublin declaration. A total of 38 of the 46 members states signed up ...

30 Sept 2022 at 15:50

National News

Majority of murders in Ireland last year had domestic abuse motivation – report

23 Sept 2022 at 16:38

Local News

'No legitimacy' - European officials slam Russian plans to annex four regions of Ukraine

Russia on Friday will formally annex occupied parts of Ukraine where it held Kremlin-orchestrated “referendums” in which it claimed that residents had voted overwhelmingly to live under Moscow’s rule. The Ukrainian government and the West ...

29 Sept 2022 at 16:33

National News

Action under way to avoid further cancellation of emergency calls, vows McEntee

...of a report surrounding the cancelling of 999 calls by gardai was “worrying”. Calls to report a sexual assault and DOMESTIC VIOLENCE incidents were among those wrongly cancelled. Ms McEntee said she is confident gardai take sexual and gender-based...

30 Sept 2022 at 17:02

Home

Government approves Bill introducing paid leave for victims of domestic violence

A Bill introducing paid leave for victims of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE has been approved for publication by the Irish government. The Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022 will feature a range of measures to improve family-friendly work...

23 Sept 2022 at 15:00

Local News

Paid domestic violence leave should be based on an ‘honour system’

Paid DOMESTIC VIOLENCE leave should be based on an “honour” system, rather than forcing victims to prove they are entitled to leave through a doctor’s sick note, an Oireachtas committee has been told. Dr Laura Bambrick, head of Social Policy and...

22 Sept 2022 at 14:14

Local News

Paid domestic violence leave should be based on an ‘honour system’

22 Sept 2022 at 18:29

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