Colman Noctor: How do you explain the incomprehensible to our children?

We all need basic ground rules in our lives to feel safe. But Ashling's killing last week has shattered our understanding of safety precautions

Ashling Murphy. Colman Noctor writes "we need to prepare our children for the world they are navigating now rather than an ideal one that will hopefully exist in the future."

When my nine-year-old daughter went to her gymnastics class last week, I went for a walk for an hour, as I often do. It was the evening after Ashling Murphy was killed and I realised that, unlike most women in the country, I didn't have to carry my keys in my hand, I didn't have to vary my route, I didn't have to wear my earphones with no sound on, and I didn't have to have a geo-location tracker on my phone. 

People may label my position as evidence of 'privilege'. But regardless of anyone's gender, the ability to walk or run down the street should not be seen as a privilege; instead, it is a fundamental human right.