Saoirse Housing Association Limited

Saoirse Domestic Violence Services (SDVS) provide a range of support and accommodation services across South-West Dublin and West Wicklow including 24 hour helpline, safe refuge accommodation, safe house accommodation, children’s support services, community outreach support and court accompaniment.

Our organisation was founded in 2004, with our first refuge officially opened, in Tallaght, by the then President of Ireland, Mary McAleese in December 2006.

Our aim is to provide a safe, respectful and confidential continuum of care and services for women and children experiencing domestic violence/abuse, to explore their options.
SDVS focuses on empowering the women who contact us and we work from the ethos that they – the women experiencing domestic violence/abuse - are best placed to make decisions for themselves and their children.

We operate a 24/7 helpline and refuge accommodation service 365 days per year and receive our core funding from Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, alongside funding from Department of Justice for our Court Accompaniment Service. We receive a small level of private fundraising and donations which contributes to providing additional services to the women and children we support.

We provide a range of life saving and life changing supports empowering women and children on their journey to safety and recovery.

We do this by:
•Providing accommodation and specialist domestic violence support services to families, through our refuges, childcare and outreach services
•Working with communities to educate and challenge attitudes to domestic violence through prevention and awareness raising
•Campaigning and advocating for societal change, legislation and government policy