Laois Domestic Abuse Service

Support Service for women experiencing domestic abuse in Laois

[Davina James-Hanman @davinajh]

We need to redefine manhood. Our warped ideas are causing a mental health crisis | JJ Bola https://t.co/Dcd0GRMSzB

[Laois Domestic Abuse Service @AbuseLaois]

TRIGGER WARNING: https://t.co/4nXW7V1Fgc
The story is based on that of Jerome and Joshua Ellis, who were 14 and 23 when they also killed their step-dad. They live with domestic abuse, day in, day out. Until they can't take anymore and snap. This is their story.

[Laois Domestic Abuse Service @AbuseLaois]

Sincere thanks to the Fruit'N Nut Place Health Store for being so generous in giving restorative goodie bags to us for a womens group project that's coming to a close. Much appreciated.

[Laois Domestic Abuse Service @AbuseLaois]

'you've done absolutely nothing wrong, you are a decent person.... they will never change and they will only get worse'. https://t.co/p71ILJN0Ng

[Laois Domestic Abuse Service @AbuseLaois]

Labour MP Rosie Duffield shares her experience of domestic violence https://t.co/qi7s8s7eTQ via @YouTube

[Laois Domestic Abuse Service @AbuseLaois]

@SeanFlemingTD @BrianStanleyTD but we cannot be complacent, we must keep this as a priority, and we cannot do it without the support of our local community.

[Laois Domestic Abuse Service @AbuseLaois]

Increasingly we are working with women who cannot access refuge in other counties, for a host of reasons. It is heartbreaking and wrong that women and children have to return to abusive homes. Laois desperately needs this. Thankfully we have the support of @CharlieFlanagan

[Laois Domestic Abuse Service @AbuseLaois]

Earlier this year we expressed our commitment to securing a refuge for women and children experiencing domestic abuse in Laois. If you have an opportunity to speak with your local County Cllrs and our three TD's, we would be hugely grateful for your support. Contd. in next tweet

[Laois Domestic Abuse Service @AbuseLaois]

Well worth reading: https://t.co/RZriXBLKZ5 @davinajh

[Laois Domestic Abuse Service @AbuseLaois]

Spain: So far this year, 42 women have been murdered in domestic violence attacks and 32 children left motherless. Since the government began recording such murders in 2003, 1,017 women have been killed by their current or former partners. https://t.co/S4lYFcJZwm

[Womenscouncilireland @NWCI]

Rapists cause rape, not alcohol. Important that we are very clear on this, especially when talking to girls and young women.

[Laois Domestic Abuse Service @AbuseLaois]

"We've been relying on the 'crime of passion, spontaneous red-mist' explanation [of killing] forever - and it's just not true,if you start looking at all these cases, there's planning, determination, there's always coercive control."https://t.co/pphYPEDvck #domesticabuse

[Davina James-Hanman @davinajh]

To understand violent men, talk to the women who know them | Joan Smith https://t.co/Mc29AfHj1Y

[Rape Crisis Ireland @RapeCrisisIre]

Are you a sibling of a survivor of sexual assault? DCU are conducting a survey to help understand the impact on you and how best to support siblings - click here for the survey https://t.co/pgsIzmxdO9

[Break The Silence Against Domestic Violence @btsadv]

Gaslighting is insidious and difficult to prove. There are no physical scars or markings. Often the perpetrator is charismatic – the sort of person everyone knows and likes. https://t.co/XegOuR2nHf #btsadv #gaslighting #DomesticViolence

[Laois Domestic Abuse Service @AbuseLaois]

Huge thank you to https://t.co/2qEZGrKgZf for our gorgeous (and useful) new tea flasks - we're giddy about getting to use them for long days in court, and on outreach. The missing blue one is already being used!

[Davina James-Hanman @davinajh]

Brilliant articulation of coercive control. ‘It’s like you go to abuse school’: how domestic violence always follows the same script https://t.co/UZMVCQylc5

[Laois Domestic Abuse Service @AbuseLaois]

Donna Ferrato launched a campaign in 2014 called I Am Unbeatable, which features women who have left their abusers. https://t.co/oWPxYe2O23

[Laois Domestic Abuse Service @AbuseLaois]

A Huge Step Forward!!
https://t.co/7XVlZGaWJ3