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Safe Ireland’s new report ‘In just one day’, which took a 24 hour snapshot of domestic violence in the country, revealed that on November 4 2009, Mayo Women’s Support Service gave 21 women and 25 children a variety of vital supports including accommodation, advocacy, information, accompaniments, and help-line calls from Mayo Women’s Support Services.

For the first time in Ireland, there is a project specifically dedicated to addressing the needs of children and young people living with domestic violence and family conflict.

Waterside House, the city based refuge for women experiencing domestic violence, was unable to accommodate 500 women and children this year due to pressures on its service.

Mayo Women’s Support Services is the lead agency in the county offering a free confidential service and a range of supports to all women and children whose lives have been affected by domestic violence.

Plans by the HSE to build a permanent sexual assault treatment unit (SATU) in Merlin Park have been put on the long finger due to budgetary constraints. A temporary facility opened last month at Parkmore.

Mayo Women’s Support Services is the lead agency in the county offering a free confidential service and a range of supports to all women and children whose lives have been affected by domestic violence.