'Bubbly, happy woman' murdered in conveyor belt of 'tragic cases which spring from domestic violence'

Alan Ward stabbed his wife Catherine Doyle to death at their Dublin home in 2019

'Bubbly, happy woman' murdered in conveyor belt of 'tragic cases which spring from domestic violence'
The Criminal Courts of Justice. File Picture: Niall Carson

Eoin Reynolds

A bubbly, happy woman who was a role-model and best friend to her children was murdered by her husband in what a judge has described as another case in the conveyor belt of "tragic cases which spring from domestic violence."

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