Why Are So Many Women Being Killed in Northern Ireland?
30 July - 14 mins
Podcast Series
Newstalk Daily
This weekend, Vanessa Whyte and her two teenage children will be laid to rest in County Clare. They were shot dead in their home in Maguiresbridge, County Fermanagh, last week — a brutal act of violence that’s once again drawn attention to the shocking femicide rate in Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland now has the second-highest rate of women being killed by men in Europe. The numbers are stark: since 2020, 28 women have died violently at the hands of men in the North, according to figures collected by Women’s Aid. And while the headlines shock, they rarely explain why this is happening — or what can be done to stop it.
Ciara Doherty speaks to Tahnee McCorry, CEO of White Ribbon NI, an...
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