Ashtown

Activists gathered in Ashtown, Dublin on January 16 to remember Maud Coffey who is the latest victim of gender-based violence in Ireland.

[Emma Blake](https://gcn.ie/mural-the-george-iranian-lgbtq-activists/) was painted in Dublin to recognise and remember those who have been killed in Ireland. We walked this canal for all the women who have been victims of femicide in Ireland…we’re still standing here, still honouring one more woman who has been killed in our locality.” During this global COVID pandemic, we like many other organisations have been impacted greatly in the way we can do business and produce. It’s been one year since primary school teacher Ashling Murphy was murdered while going for a run along the canal in Dublin. Several activists spoke at the vigil including Orla O’Connor from the Nation Women’s Council who emphasised that we have to do more to protect women. It reads, “Women and gender non-conforming people shouldn’t live in fear and have to plan our movements to avoid attack or harassment.”