On Monday, her plight was raised in Ireland’s parliament, the Dail. “She’s under incredible stress”, said Mary Lou McDonald, the Sinn Fein leader. “Tori is a Roscommon woman, and she wants to come home.”
Speaking under parliamentary privilege, Ms McDonald said Ms Towey had been a victim “of the most gross domestic violence”.
Simon Harris, Ireland’s taoiseach, said he would be happy “to intervene and see how we can support an Irish citizen in what sounds to be, based on what you tell me, the most appalling circumstances”.
The Irish department of foreign affairs is providing consular support to Ms Towey, who moved to the Gulf state in April last year for the job with Emirates, where she met her husband.
On Tuesday, Dubai authorities offered Ms Towey a lawyer, after diplomatic pressure from Dublin.
Ms Towey is currently staying in a rented property in Dubai with her mother, Caroline, who has flown to the UAE to be with her daughter.