More than 100 professionals from across County Meath have come together for the county’s first interagency conference aimed at strengthening the response to domestic abuse.
The two-day event took place at the Ardboyne Hotel in Navan on October 14th and 15th, bringing together representatives from organisations including Willow Domestic Abuse Services, An Garda Síochána, Tusla, the HSE and Meath County Council.
The conference focused on understanding the warning signs and patterns of behaviour that can lead to domestic homicide, using a framework developed by criminologist Professor Jane Monckton Smith. Willow Domestic Abuse Services supports more than 700 women and children experiencing domestic abuse across Meath every year.
We were joined on The Agenda this morning by Claudia Hegarty, Project Leader at Zero Tolerance Meath, to find out more about the conference and how agencies can work together to better protect and support those experiencing domestic abuse.
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