'Nothing has changed' since Ballycotton murder-suicide in 2010

One year after the tragic and senseless deaths at a lonely farmhouse in Kanturk - has anything changed in how Ireland tackles the growing problem of familicide? Neil Michael reports

Una Butler has been campaigning since 2010 to make it mandatory for partners to be involved in the mental health treatment their partner receives in a relationship where there are children. Photo: Michael Mac Sweeney/Provision

Every time Una Butler hears about murder-suicides, she freezes.

In the past two years, four separate tragedies have stopped her in her tracks. She copes by switching off.