On Monday, Martin Gooney was handed a sentence of three years and two months. A post-release supervision order of 12 months was also imposed.

His former partner, Donna Clifford (21), waived her anonymity after sentencing at the Central Criminal Court was complete to allow Tracey to be named.

Ian Barry (44) of the Ashes, Trimleston, Goatstown, Dublin 14 was sent forward from the District Court on a signed guilty plea of coercive control on dates between 2019 and 2022 at another address in south county Dublin.

His previous 60 previous convictions include a conviction for burglary of Ms Keogh’s parents' home and convictions from which include threatening a former partner.

The 41-year-old Dublin man, who cannot be named to protect the anonymity of the children involved, pleaded guilty to one count of coercive control and three counts of assault causing harm to the woman on locations in Dublin and Co Clare on dates between 2017 and 2020.

The court heard that the armed and helicopter unit had to surround David McNamara’s house in order for gardaí to arrest him, after two failed attempts

The court heard the front door of the couple’s home was “riveted shut” and Ms O'Meara had no means of communication with the outside world before she escaped to the home of an acquaintance

Sergio Correia (48) was convicted by a jury of two counts of anal rape and one count of coercive control

The Women’s Aid Annual Report for 2023 shows a shocking 40,048 disclosures of abuse against women and children

The 25-year-old Dublin man pleaded guilty to one count of coercive control on dates between December 26th, 2019 and August 4th, 2020

At Trim Circuit Court in January of this year, James 'Jake' Boles was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, fully suspended, by Judge Orla Crowe for one charge of coercive control and five assaults causing harm to his then partner at two addresses in Ratoath, Co Meath, between January 1st 2019 and April 5th 2019.

The man has launched an appeal against his 10-and-a-half year sentence for making his partner's life a "horror show"

Mr Justice Paul McDermott said the violent and abusive actions of the defendant were brutally executed for his own gratification

The court heard Samy Taib (21) led gardaí on 20-minute high-speed chase which involved the garda helicopter

The court heard Dean Ward (36) sprayed mace into the woman’s face, tied her up, choked her and then raped her

The president of the Garda Representative Association (GRA) urges victims of coercive control to come forward, "Your rights will be vindicated. Justice will be served".

The man sent the woman over 30,000 messages and in one 14-hour period sent her 652 messages, amounting to one message every 90 seconds

The garda allegedly told the terminally-ill woman the only reason he had visited her while in hospital was to “watch you bleed to death”