Jennifer Poole

2022 - 6 - 22

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Brother of murdered Jennifer Poole calls for domestic violence register (Irish Examiner)

Jason Poole told RTÉ radio's Today with Claire Byrne show that there needed to be an Irish equivalent of legislation in Britain called Clare's Law (Domestic ...

He was working with the Minister for Justice “on this important and complex issue”. It was from conversations with Jason Poole that he realised how important the right to information was. It was time for the Irish Government to act, Mr Poole said.

Jennifer Poole's brother calls for new law to protect people from ... (Sunday World)

The brother of Jennifer Poole, who was murdered by her former partner, has called for new legislation so no other woman would experience what had happened ...

He was working with the Minister for Justice “on this important and complex issue”. “And then I had to break the news to the rest of my family. Jennifer was at times excluded from her friends and family in this relationship. Under the proposed legislation gardaí would collate information on perpetrators of domestic violence. And when she returned to her home within eight minutes Jennifer was dead. “Jennifer was 24 and she had two young children.

Jennifer Poole's brother reveals children's heartache after mum's ... (Extra.ie)

Murphy, 30, was sentenced to life in prison last month for the murder. Ms Poole was found with seven fatal stab wounds and was pronounced dead after being taken ...

'It's a piece of legislation that's already in the UK... it's time for the Irish Government to act on this... 'Jennifer on number of occasions tried to get away from Murphy, on this time she had succeeded. 'They [her children] are doing okay and they have a lot of support around them. the life we lived before Jennifer's murder was very happy and we were a very close family. "when is she coming back up out of the ground". You have to kind of take each day as they come. Murphy, 30, was sentenced to life in prison last month for the murder.

Family of murdered Jennifer Poole say law must change on ... (Irish Mirror)

Mum-of-two Jennifer, 24, was fatally assaulted by her violent partner, Gavin Murphy at her home in Melville Drive in Dublin's Finglas on April 17 last year.

“But I don’t think it would be feasible to have a publicly available register that anyone could look into. Jason said: “If the register was in place Jennifer could have been informed and had the opportunity to leave had she known what his previous was. “We will fight to ensure what we have in this document will be enacted.” He kept his past hidden from Jennifer. Jennifer’s brother Jason told The Irish Mirror: “A Domestic Violence Register needs to be in place 100%.” He was speaking yesterday at the launch of a new Fianna Fail policy paper on aggression against women by Fianna Fail’s Justice spokesperson Jim O’Callaghan outside Dail Eireann. He says he hopes it would mean “other families don’t have to go through what we are going through”.

Brother of woman murdered by former partner calls for Domestic ... (BreakingNews.ie)

A Domestic Violence Register which would make available information about anyone who has a conviction for domestic violence.

He was working with the Minister for Justice “on this important and complex issue”. Under the proposed legislation gardaí would collate information on perpetrators of domestic violence. It was from conversations with Jason Poole that he realised how important the right to information was.

Murdered Jennie Poole's brother reveals tough questions her kids ... (The Irish Sun)

GARDAI should be able to warn women that their new partner has a history of abuse with the brother of murdered Jennifer Poole claiming that a domestic.

“So we have to deal with those on a daily basis but they are getting the supports that they need. “In the case of the murder of Jennifer, he had a conviction for attacking a former partner with a knife and her mother and in a situation like that if the gardai had been called out to Jennifer’s house or became aware of it, it would have been absolutely vital that she should have been informed of that. When will she come up out of the grass? Instead, Fianna Fail are calling for gardai to be able to access the register and they would be able to contact people and warn them that their new partner has a history of domestic abuse and they could be in danger. “And if that register was in place they could have informed Jennifer that this was the situation and she would have had the opportunity… Why can’t she come back?