A candlelit vigil was held in memory of Karen Cummings, the seventh woman killed in Northern Ireland this year. Attendees called for government action to address violence against women.
A candlelit vigil in memory of the seventh woman murdered in Northern Ireland this year has heard that 'enough is enough'. Karen Cummings, 40, who was a children's nurse, was found unconscious at a house in Banbridge last weekend and died a short time later. Police said the mother of two suffered a head injury. Two men appeared in court early this week charged with her murder and were remanded in custody.
Crowds of people turned out for a vigil in memory of Ms Cummings at Solitude Park in Banbridge on Thursday evening. Banners bearing the names of the 25 women killed in the region since 2020 were held up during the event which was organised by Women's Aid Armagh and Down and a moment of silence was held in their memory. The organisation's chief executive, Eileen Murphy, urged that more be done by government to tackle violence against women and girls. 'Seven women, and the year isn't over yet, have been murdered in Northern Ireland,' she said. 'What we want is to urge the government for real and proper action because if we don't, we will continue to lose mothers and sisters, wives, daughters to perpetrators of violence.' Noel McNally, father of Natalie McNally who was pregnant when she was murdered in Lurgan, Co Armagh in December 2022, also addressed the gathering. 'When we heard about Karen's brutal murder, it just brought it back to us what happened to our Natalie two years ago this week and we know exactly what Karen's family is going through,' he said. 'We are heartbroken for them, but I know all you here tonight coming to support Karen's family, how much comfort they will get from that because the comfort we got from people coming out to support us when Natalie died was absolutely fantastic.' 'Violence against women and girls in Northern Ireland has to come to an end',
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