A campaigner and survivor of domestic abuse has issued a checklist of signs to help identify somebody who is experiencing coercive control.

Police are no longer just looking for “broken bones and smashed windows” when investigating domestic violence, they’re ...

Wives submit to your husbands' charity given formal regulatory advice on coercive behaviour and need to safeguard ...

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The ACT government says coercive control will become a standalone offence by mid-2026, but opposition leader Leanne Castley ...

The insidious crime of coercive control has dominated the media in recent days and, following the convictions of former Garda Paul Moody on a count of coercive control, and of Dean Ward, on 12 charges ...

New research shows children who experience coercive control from parents often believe it is normal parental discipline, making help-seeking particularly difficult.

Coercive control can cause women to give up work and education, and isolate themselves from friends and family, the head of the Women’s Aid charity has said in advance of the launch of a new website ...

It began with the bread. When she first moved in with her boyfriend, he began asking her to close the bread packaging in a certain way after she had taken a slice. The asks became daily reminders. She ...

A documentary which aired on RTÉ on Monday night has raised awareness of coercive control in relationships. In Taking Back Control, Nicola Hanney shared her harrowing story having survived coercive ...

‘We have seen mindsets shifting, court cases over coercive control will start to snowball’ Pictured: Paul Moody Sarah Benson of Women’s Aid believes that we will see more cases going through the ...

A man who was given a wholly suspended sentence for weekly attacks on his partner, during which he dragged her by the hair, slammed her head, pushed his fist into her face and screamed abuse at her ...