The Irish Independent’s View: Jennie’s law puts rights of victims to forefront

Jennifer Poole, who was murdered by her ex-partner Gavin Murphy in 2021

Niamh Kelly outside the Criminal Courts of Justice. Photo: Collins Courts

Niamh Kelly was stabbed 50 times by her ex-boyfriend, Josh O’Brien, as he tried to murder her. Lucky to be alive, Ms Kelly was left blind in one eye and with life-altering injuries.

Her attacker has been jailed for 14 years and warned not to contact her. In sentencing him this week, Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring described the violence he used as “breathtaking”. The judge said Ms Kelly’s survival was “nothing short of a miracle”, but that she now lives a “totally different life” and will face limitations and challenges nobody should have to endure.

Ms Kelly has bravel

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