However its thought many victims and survivors are still not coming forward.

One in four women in Ireland have suffered abuse at the hands of a current or former partner.

Coercive control is a persistent pattern of controlling, coercive and threatening behaviour including emotional, financial and physical abuse.

2,000 people have been charged for the crime since 2019.

65 groups will benefit from the allocation of 5.2 million euro in funding at local, regional and national level.

The figures were released to TD Peadar Tobin as part of a written response.

AIB was forced into stopping its plans to make dozens of branches cashless for customers.

Gardaí assigned to the unit are specially trained in investigating sensitive issues.