Proposed 'Valerie's law' would see killers lose guardianship rights over their children

James Kilroy was sentenced to the mandatory life term in prison on Monday after being found guilty of the murder of Valerie French Kilroy

David French, brother of Valerie French Kilroy, at the Central Criminal Court. Picture: Collins Courts

Convicted killers may no longer retain guardianship rights over their children under a proposed new law inspired by a West Cork woman murdered by her husband.

‘Valerie’s law,’ called after mother-of-three Valerie French Kilroy, is being campaigned for by her family so that parents who intentionally kill their partners lose guardianship rights of their shared children.