Ashling Murphy

2023 - 1 - 11

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One year on from Ashling Murphy's death has anything really ... (Irish Examiner)

Since 23-year-old Ashling Murphy was killed, on a bright afternoon in Tullamore while out for a run, 11 more women died in violent circumstances, ...

In Northern Ireland, Natalie McNally was the fourth woman to be killed in her own home last year,” NWC director Orla O’Connor said. “We must educate our children about the misogyny that underlies male violence against women. These are all criteria under the Istanbul Convention which Ireland ratified in 2019, the NWC said. In a world where such hate-fuelling content can quickly gain mass online traction, dismantling the underpinning systems of belief that allow such views to perpetuate is more important than ever. The consequences of this for women’s safety are plain to see.” Every year is punctuated by the names of these women who died violently or disappeared. The domestic homicide review is still to be completed by Government and there is an urgent need to collect better data to understand the prevalence of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence (DSGBV) in the country. The family court system needs urgent reform to meet the needs of these same women and their children and to hold perpetrators to account. [promised to enact multiple new laws](https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41043725.html) in the first six months of this year to target domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. It aims to create a society which does not accept domestic, sexual and gender-based violence — or the attitudes which underpin it — and warned that it would require whole of government and community effort to create an Ireland where gender-based violence is not tolerated. And Ms Murphy's death has forced a wider understanding of the need to unpick the underlying causes of gender-based violence and to legislate robustly against it. Femicide is the result of an extreme male sense of entitlement to women — to their bodies and to their lives.

Ashling Murphy's boyfriend pays tribute: 'Forever my soulmate ... (Independent.ie)

Ashling Murphy's boyfriend has paid an emotional tribute to his partner on the first anniversary of her death.

The site is also marked with with flowers and photographs in her memory. She had a lot left to give and we can ensure her legacy continues,” said a spokeswoman for the committee. People can donate directly on that page, or they can register a fundraising event with us,” said a spokeswoman for the committee. Other groups will mark Ashling’s anniversary today. The Amber Women’s Refuge in Kilkenny will host a vigil to honour her memory and the memory of other women who have died by violence in the last year in Ireland. Her death was met with shock all over the country – and the Ashling Murphy Memorial Fund has been set up to fulfil the legacy of her short but full life.

Mass for first anniversary of Ashling Murphy's death (RTE.ie)

A mass will take place this evening to mark the first anniversary of the death of school teacher Ashling Murphy.

In a post on the memorial fund page, he said his heart aches for his girlfriend all the time. Ashling’s name will live on forever," it said. In a statement posted on social media last weekend, the Murphy family thanked people for their endless support over the last 12 months.

Fund established in honour of Ashling Murphy | Anglo Celt (Anglo Celt)

A memorial fund in honour of Ashling Murphy has been launched, ahead of the one-year anniversary of her death.

Ashling Murphy remembered one year on from tragic death (Newstalk)

The primary school teacher was attacked and killed while out for a run along a busy canal in Tullamore, Offaly on January 12th last year.

Meanwhile, the school she taught at - Durrow National School - will also remember her with a special anniversary mass that will be led by the pupils and staff. The traditional Irish music group that Ashling played with since she was a child will perform at the mass. The 23-year-old's family and friends will attend an anniversary mass this evening in St Brigid’s Church in Mountbolus, County Offaly to mark the first anniversary of her death.

Mass to mark anniversary of Ashling Murphy's death taking place ... (hotpress.com)

The 23-year-old school teacher was murdered in Tullamore, Co Offaly, on 12 January last year.

The site is also marked with with flowers and photographs in her memory. "Ashling was fully committed to everything she put her hand to, she was highly motivated and always believed in following her dreams" the statement added. Ashling had only graduated from the Mary Immaculate teacher training college in Limerick shortly before her death. "Everything I have done and everything that I do is completely for you," he said. People attending the event – at 5pm at the Castle Yard, Kilkenny – are asked to bring a candle. The trad group she performed with will play at her mass this evening.

'We're turning a big ship': What has changed in Irish society since ... (thejournal.ie)

Noeline Blackwell, the CEO of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC), told The Journal that the strategy underscored how a whole of government approach is needed.

Her death elevated the societal conversation, so that more people are concerned about creating a better society.” But Blackwell added that children are not being taught about consent in schools, unless it has decided to run a consent programme. While people might say children are digital natives, they are not being taught to deal with this type of situation, she said. “Education in our schools hasn’t changed since 1999,” she said. “No one in government was really taking full responsibility for gender based violence,” O’Connor said. “One pillar is the protection of those who had suffered violence against women and gender-based violence,” explained Blackwell. She pointed to the family courts as one area where change is not happening fast enough. Last week, Justice Minister Simon Harris announced funding of €5.25m for organisations like the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre. In the aftermath of the tragedy of Ashling Murphy’s death, Blackwell said that it is important that a “societal conversation” was begun. She said that gender-based violence was one of the “key things” highlighted in the aftermath of the murder of Ashling Murphy. In response to a question from The Journal while speaking to reporters yesterday, Minister Simon Harris said that the creation of a new statutory agency “is absolutely still the intention and that remains absolutely on track”. “And all of the actions of the ship have to move together.”