Women’s Aid says tens of thousands of cases of abuse against women and children happen every year
It took a bottle of bleach being poured over her head for Gemma (not her real name) to finally seek help. She suffered this attack at the hands of her now ex-husband because she ironed his shirt incorrectly.
The violent assault at their Dublin home followed hundreds of other instances of violence, as well as psychological and emotional abuse and coercive and financial control over several years.