Man hijacks online Ashling Murphy vigil to display porn during gender violence discussion

Tens of thousands of people around Ireland and beyond have been attending vigils for murdered school teacher and musician Ashling Murphy. But an all-women's online vigil was hijacked by a man displaying pornographic content. Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA

A man appearing to masturbate hijacked an online vigil in memory of Ashling Murphy as one of the speakers was addressing the issue of gender violence.

The all-woman event was held on Sunday evening to allow women who could not go to a vigil to share their anger and distress.