Opinion: A year on from the loss of Ashling Murphy, has anything changed?

THE DAY I watched Ashling Murphy’s funeral, a man spat on me. I was at the bus stop, on my way to therapy when he passed by, cleared his throat and spat theatrically, not caring where it landed.

When a woman loses her life to male violence, there is a double loss. First, her life ends in a literal sense. Second, the life she lived can become flattened and distorted by clichéd media reports, by the criminal justice process and by the sheer cacophony of voices saying her name. Women like Bruna Fonseca, who was killed in Cork on New Year’s Day and Natalie McNally, killed in Antrim on 18 December. Women who have been stolen from their loved ones like Urantsetseg Tserendorj, Jastine Valdez and Nadine Lott. Are we getting any closer to understanding and preventing these crimes as a society? Perhaps we are not listening enough to survivors?

One man interrupted a virtual memorial held for people who were unable to join in-person vigils due to the risk of catching Covid. He found our collective grief arousing, masturbating in a Zoom room of distraught mourners. Publications should take care when they interview survivors, as they are sharing their most profound personal traumas. Survivors aren’t responsible for educating the public, and we shouldn’t expect them to share the most violent moments of their lives for our voyeuristic interests.

So true, violence in a relationship which end's in DEATH should be Life for Life,no suspend sentence involved in judge's decision,oust that terminology,do the Crime DO THE TIME, women have a Voice, do not be afraid to use it , you'll BE BELIEVED 👏👍🙏

Mothers in Ireland have stopped. Making dinners and doing their sons washing etc because that was the cause of this, apparently 🤔🤔

If you really want to end male violence the government needs to begin deporting welfare refugees, as the majority of murders in 2022 in Ireland were committed by non nationals. Does it make me right wing to point this out? Spineless cowards who call themselves journalists.

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