Kilkenny remembers Ashling Murphy and victims of gender-based violence

Kilkenny honoured the memory of Ashling Murphy and the 15 other women murdered in public and private places, including their homes, in the last 12 months, at a vigil hosted by Amber Women’s Refuge.

 Speaking at the vigil, Lisa Morris, Manager, Amber Women’s Refuge said:

“Ashling’s murder represented for many, a tipping point in how we view and respond to men’s violence against women in our country.  Ashling was murdered in a public place by a man she didn’t know.  The vast majority of the other women were murdered in their homes by a man known to them.  2022 was the worst year in a decade for violence against women with 16 women murdered on our island. 

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"We’re not all responsible for violence against women and girls, but we all have a responsibility to make it stop.  Working together we can and must end this in Ashling’s memory and in memory of the 15 other women murdered in the last year and the countless others before them.”

Women remembered at the vigil included Ashling Murphy, Sandra Boyd, Mary (Maura) Bergin, Ruth Lohse, Alyson Nelson,

Louise Muckell, Margaret Una Noone, Lisa Thompson, Larisa Serban, Miriam Burns, Hollie Thomson, Lisa Cash,  Ioana Mihaela Pacala, Sharon Crean, Bruna Fonseca and Natalie McNally.