Inside a women's refuge: 'I was beaten so badly, until he could beat me no more. I ran upstairs into the bathroom. He put the two bath taps on full blast and tried to drown me'

With their children playing nearby and cups of tea in hand, this could be any group of women, at any coffee morning in the country. Instead, these women share a unique commonality. They fell in love with men who became very different people, a world away from what they first appeared to be. And now, in Sonas' Dublin domestic violence refuge, these women now find themselves at peace. Safe. Deciding next steps and weighing up options.

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