Clodagh Finn: Honouring Sophie – and the 18 other women murdered in 1996

As we approach the 25th anniversary of her murder, the very least we can do is to rescue her and all those women murdered in 1996 from the brutality of their end, and remember them for who they were and all they might have been.

French filmmaker Sophie Toscan du Plantier who was murdered in West Cork on December 23, 1996.

Some 19 women died violently in Ireland in 1996, yet the case that stands out in the public consciousness is that of French filmmaker Sophie Toscan du Plantier who was murdered in West Cork on December 23. It has been the subject of several books, a podcast and now two upcoming documentaries.

Keeping the story in the public gaze is as it should be, of course, because no one has ever been convicted of her killing, in this country at least.