Sarah Harte: Families of murdered women know how the system has let them down — listen to them 

A ‘5 Books That Could Save Your Life’ event highlighted how the voices of survivors and families of victims killed by their partners must be at the centre of our response to domestic abuse and coercive control if we are to prevent more domestic homicides

Valerie French Kilroy (pictured) was murdered by her husband in 2019. He was given a mandatory life sentence last year.

The bravery of some people is breathtaking. 

I refer to three people who suffered the earth-shattering tragedy of having a sibling murdered in a domestic homicide. All are campaigning to preserve their sisters' legacies and to change things for other victims of domestic abuse.