Ashling Murphy murder must be 'watershed' in society's approach to gender-based violence, says Taoiseach

People attending a vigil at Leinster House last Friday for the murdered Aisling Murphy who died after being attacked while she was jogging along the Grand Canal in Tullamore, Co Offaly. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

The Taoiseach has led tributes to Ashling Murphy in the Dáil, stating that her murder must act as a "watershed" in our society's approach to the undermining of women and gender-based violence.

Micheál Martin has told the Dáil that a cross-party Oireachtas approach is now required to tackle gender-based violence.