Jennifer Horgan: Sisters (and brothers), we must continue to fight like McCafferty

'My sister was struggling to hold back tears reading her letter, sharing her shock and frustration that women and girls are still so vulnerable in this country'

‘I never knew or met Nell McCafferty. I can only look to the future, considering less how she should be remembered and more how we can best honour the work that defined her.’

MY SISTER rang me just as Nell McCafferty’s death was being announced last week.

I was sitting on the couch with my daughter, cuddling our new addition to the family — a dog called Nero. In the background, an RTÉ radio presenter was mourning and honouring feminist writer and campaigner McCafferty, but I’d stopped listening because I knew from my sister’s voice that she was upset.