Irish Examiner view: New database essential in prevention of domestic homicides

Recommendations of the familicide review need to be implemented as a matter of urgency

The review's top line — that pregnant women or new mothers in their 30s or 40s are the most likely victims of intimate partner homicide — was a horrifying indication of the dangers faced by women in abusive relationships.

The research from the Study on Familicide and Domestic and Family Violence Death Reviews, published this week, made for grim reading.

Its top line — that pregnant women or new mothers in their 30s or 40s are the most likely victims of intimate partner homicide — was a horrifying indication of the dangers faced by women in abusive relationships, one that surely gave pause to many readers.