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Murder of Jennifer Poole

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116:"We call on Government to sit with interested bodies and strengthen the current legislation and enact new legislation to keep women safe....we hear about new legislation on the way. Let's just hope that this legislation protects the women of Ireland so no new families have to suffer like the 244 families who will always be suffering the loss of their family member. Parents and guardians need to sit down with their children and tell them that it is not okay to use violence." 149:, Fianna Fail TD for Dublin Bay South and party spokesman for Justice to discuss a Bill to tackle violence against women. He stated "I believe that if that law was here then I would have been able to walk into a Garda station and know her killer had done something like this before and be able to warn her". 101:
Poole, originally from the Ballygall area of Finglas, was a healthcare worker at Beneavin Lodge Care Home, and played camogie with local club Erin's Isle. Murphy was in a relationship with Poole less than a year before he killed her. They met in May 2020 and he moved in to her home in Melville Drive
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Prior to sentencing with the mandatory life sentence for murder, the Court heard that Murphy had 13 previous convictions for the use of a mobile phone whilst in custody, the unlawful seizure of a vehicle, criminal damage, burglary, the production of an article in the course of a dispute and two
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counts of assault causing harm. It was in Court that Poole's family learned for the first time that Murphy, from Ballymun, had a history of violence against women and had previously been jailed for two years for attacking a former partner and her mother with a knife in 2015.
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He urged people to speak to gardaí or contact relevant organisations. Jason Poole has also called for implementation of a domestic violence register in Ireland similar to the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme often known as
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Neighbours raised the alarm and emergency services attended the scene before she was rushed to Connolly Hospital where she died a short time later. Her cause of death was haemorrhage and shock due to multiple stab wounds.
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The victim's brother Jason Poole has called for better laws to stop violence against women. Speaking at a vigil in Ballymun, County Dublin following the murder of
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On 17 April 2021 at around 2 pm, Poole (24), was stabbed to death at her first-floor apartment in Melville Drive, Finglas, north Dublin.
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Justice Paul Burns said it was "yet another case of a violent attack upon a young woman" by a male partner with fatal consequences.
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Poole called for stronger laws to penalise those who attack women and for better education for the upcoming generation saying
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was an Irish woman who was murdered by her ex-partner, Gavin Murphy, in April 2021.
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by her husband where her brother David also called for law reform.
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in Finglas. In April 2021 the relationship was over.
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Glasnevin Cemetery
Ashling Murphy
Criminal Courts of Justice, Dublin
Clare's Law
Claire Byrne
Jim O'Callaghan
Murder of Valerie French
"The death has occurred of Jennifer (Jennie) Poole"
"Man sentenced to life for murder of Jennifer Poole"
RTÉ.ie
"'The very worst of humanity': Life sentence for man who stabbed Jennifer Poole to death"
"'If there was a domestic violence register, Jennifer might be alive' – Family of murdered mum appalled to hear her killer had violent history"
"Man admits to murder of Jennifer Poole in Dublin last year"
"Man with 'disposition for violence upon women' sentenced to life for Jennifer Poole's murder"
The Irish Times
"Brother of murdered woman calls for laws to stop violence against women"
"'Don't wait for a crisis': Jennifer Poole case prompts plea for victims to contact gardaí at early stage"
"Brother of Jennifer Poole speaks after life-sentence handed down to murderer"
"Brother of murder victim Jennifer Poole says young kids fear day their mother's killer is released"
"Fianna Fáil Bill to tackle violence against women"
"Brother of murdered Dublin woman calls for domestic violence register to be established"
"My sister Valerie French Kilroy was our warrior princess. Change the law to protect her children"
irishtimes.ie
Categories
People murdered in the Republic of Ireland
Violence against women in Ireland
2021 murders in the Republic of Ireland

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