Ashling Murphy's murder has sparked promises of a 'zero tolerance' response to gender violence. Irish police are still searching for the 23-year-old's killer but said they have made 'significant progress' in their investigation.
On Sunday, Helen McEntee said that a new Government strategy to tackle domestic, sexual and gender-based violence will be published by the beginning of March.
She told Newstalk: “I think what we’ve seen this week really is an outpouring of grief right across the country from women, men, children, all of whom have come together in solidarity with Ashling’s family and her community.“I myself have often decided, ‘well, I’ll go out for a walk at this time of the day or I’ll go to this area because it could be safer’. That shouldn’t be the case.“And what we’ve seen now is everybody in society coming together to say this should not be the case.
Sinn Fein TD Kathleen Funchion told RTE’s The Week In Politics her party believes there needs to be a centralised approach to tackling the issue.On the same programme, Social Democrats TD Jennifer Whitmore said: “We need the Government to have a very, very clear focus to work to resolve these issues.
At a vigil in north London on Saturday, people held candles and stood in silent tribute outside the London Irish Centre.
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