'We are a mother and daughter team. We know the pain you are going through. We are here. Please get in touch.'

With these words Priscilla and Ainie Grainger launched Stop Domestic Violence in Ireland, a unique frontline support group that has helped hundreds of women and men to escape their abusers.
 
Priscilla and Ainie are survivors of domestic abuse and have used their experience in battling the system to help others take their first steps to freedom.
 
Now, for the first time, the mother and daughter reveal the full extent of the abuse they suffered, their escape and journey from victims to campaigners after years of living in silence and fear.
 
This is their story.