Detective’s full-time role tackling domestic violence

A detective sergeant will be appointed to deal full-time with domestic violence across County Galway, which has spiralled during the Covid-19 Pandemic.

Garda Chief Superintendent Tom Curley said that Garda detective sergeant Mary Ann Donoghue would be transferred from Oranmore to the Garda Regional Headquarters in Murrough in the city.

Her role will be dedicated to domestic violence incidents and liaising with Gardaí across the Galway Division in tackling the problem.

Chief Supt Curley said that it was ‘very rare’ for Garda Divisions to dedicate a sergeant solely to domestic violence and the transfer was an indication of how seriously he views the problem.

His report to the County Galway Joint Policing Committee outlined how incidents of domestic violence increased significantly last year.

Breaches of barring orders, breaches of safety orders and breaches of protection orders had increased by 41% in 2021 – up by 28 incidents to a total of 96. For comparison he said there were 68 such breaches in 2020, and 64 in 2019, pre-Covid.

For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.

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