Sarah Harte: We can't let the worst of human nature blind us to the best of it 

The awful deaths of Adina Raluca Constantin, Jamey Carney, and Mackenzie Michalski threaten to overwhelm us, but there are many good people living quiet lives of decency

Following a column about the murders of Jamey Carney (pictured) and Adina Raluca Constantin on Saturday and the human rights problem of domestic violence that should concern us all, some male readers expressed the view that there was a link between the increased level of domestic and sexual violence and the increased rates of migrants coming to live in Ireland. Photo: Facebook

We can despair at the acts of violence our fellow human beings are capable of, and then somebody comes along and reminds us of the empathy and connection we are capable of, too.

In a week when Adina Raluca Constantin and Jamey Carney were killed, we saw an Irish man described variously as a "property developer" and "marketing executive" sentenced for the murder of American nurse Mackenzie Michalski in a Hungarian court. This all happened in a harrowing six days.