Stalking victims welcome moves to make it a criminal offence

Una Ring, from Cork, and Eve McDowell, from Sligo, who both survived sinister stalking incidents, described the move to criminalise stalking as a major step in the right direction

Eve McDowell welcomed the move.
Picture: James Connolly

The two women who are spearheading a campaign to criminalise stalking have welcomed moves to introduce an offence of stalking into Irish law.

Una Ring, from Cork, and Eve McDowell, from Sligo, who both survived sinister stalking incidents, described Senator Lisa Chamber’s introduction in the Seanad yesterday of a bill to criminalise stalking, as a major step in the right direction.