'Nobody should have to stay silent': Garda urges those facing domestic violence to come forward

Ellie Ryan , 16, with her older sisters Lynn and Karen. Ellie described living in a 'house full of hostility' for years where she felt she had to protect her father, James Ryan, from her mother. Picture: Moya Nolan

The detective inspector who investigated the case of James ‘Shey’ Ryan, who was killed by his partner, is appealing to victims of domestic violence to come forward saying “don't suffer in silence.”

Det Insp Brian Downey was speaking following the conviction of Olesja Hertova for the manslaughter of her partner.