Sarah Harte: Violent crimes against women are systemically minimised in our society

A functioning judicial system should ask how we appropriately penalise a person who has committed a crime

Natasha O’Brien, who was viciously assaulted by soldier Cathal Crotty, speaking at the ‘No Justice No Peace’ Rosa protest in Limerick on Saturday

In Dublin at the weekend, catching up with friends, the three-year suspended sentence soldier Cathal Crotty received last week for his vicious attack on Natasha O’Brien was on every single male friend’s lips.

What jumped out to me was each man was outraged and had daughters ranging collectively from two to 18.