The figures were collated nationwide from the Garda Pulse system up until 1.30am on November 11
A staggering 45,487 calls were made to the gardai so far this year reporting incidents of domestic violence.
The worst area in the country for reported domsestic violence is west Dublin with 4,408 incidents, followed by the northside of the capital with 3,823, south Dublin with 2,995, Limerick with 2,546, Cork city with 2,373 and Kildare with 2,075. Gardai count domestic abuse as a domestic dispute, breach of a barring order, breach of a safety order, breach of a protection order .
Helen McEntee said: “In June I launched the new whole of government strategy to combat domestic , sexual and gender based violence.“It sets an overall goal of zero tolerance in our society for domestic violence.
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