209 women have been killed in the past 20 years, with the majority dying at the hands of a man they knew.
Since 1996, 16 children aged 5 months to 13 years died alongside their mothers in that time frame.
Juliette Gash reports;
Household names of murdered women. 209 doves for lives taken since 1996 @TodayFMNews #BehindClosedDoors pic.twitter.com/krG3mM8eny
— Juliette Gash (@JulietteGash) November 25, 2016
The Government Chief Whip, Regina Doherty said she was ashamed of the cuts to Women's Aid during the downturn, which were enforced by the last government, of which she was a part;
Stephen Walsh's sister Ann was murdered in August 2005.
Concentration of women murdered in Ireland since 1996
Women killed in Ireland by year, perpetrator.
