Alison Curtis: 'It's time for parents of boys to teach them how to speak about girls'

Alison Curtis reflects on how we can all make Ireland a place where a woman can go for a run safely

A photograph of Ashling Murphy among flowers and candles at a make-shift shrine. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

The whole country is in mourning for one person even though most of us didn’t know her but she represents thousands of girls and women who are part of all of our lives. Ashling Murphy lost her life senselessly and brutally last week in Tullamore marking the 244th woman to die violently in Ireland since 1996 according to Women’s Aid.

It is all anyone has talked about since it happened a week ago and slowly and collectively you can feel the shock turning to anger.