Call for ‘united and determined’ action over gender violence following NI murders

The scene at a residential property in the Derrycoole Way, Newtownabbey (PA)

Northern Ireland’s deputy First Minister has called for “unified and determined” action to tackle gender-based violence.

Michelle O’Neill was speaking days after Kenneth Flanagan, 26, murdered his mother Karen McClean, 50, and girlfriend Stacey Knell, 30, in separate knife attacks in Newtownabbey, Co Antrim on Friday night.