Seventy-eight pairs of women’s shoes and 10 pairs of children’s shoes were placed outside the gates of Leinster House yesterday.

TO 12-year-old Frances Smith*, he was all her schoolgirl dreams come true - a 15-year-old apprentice with a motorbike, money to spend, a great sense of humour and who, most importantly, noticed her.

WOMEN are at greater risk of violence in the home in the wake of the recent Supreme Court ruling that interim barring orders, keeping violent spouses out of the house, are unconstitutional.