A Story of Survival and a Fight for Justice In 2011, Tina Nash became the victim of one of the most horrific cases of domestic violence in British history. Her then-partner, Shane Jenkin, subjected her to a 12-hour ordeal of unimaginable brutality – strangling her repeatedly until she lost consciousness, breaking her jaw and…
Where Is the Outrage? Another Cover-Up in the Grace Case Here we go again. Another inquiry. Another report. Another cover-up. €13 million of taxpayers’ money spent – not to deliver justice, not to uncover the full truth, but to sanitise it. To water it down. To quietly exclude “extensive submissions” from Grace’s…
Virginia Giuffre Stood Against the Powerful – Who Stood for Her? Virginia Giuffre stood up against some of the most powerful, influential, and heavily protected individuals in the world, and she did so while carrying unimaginable private burdens. She showed a level of bravery most of us can only aspire to. She fought for accountability…
The Woman Who Refused to Stay Silent – Vicky’s Fight for Truth This week, we remember Vicky Phelan — a woman whose courage and determination exposed the greatest medical scandal of our time. On 25th April 2018, Vicky’s refusal to be silenced by a Non-Disclosure Agreement revealed systemic failures within our health system that endangered…
The Forgotten Dream – Women of 1916 and the Ireland They Fought For In 1916, a small group of women stood shoulder to shoulder with men in what they believed was the beginning of a new Ireland – one free from British rule, free from oppression, and free from inequality. Yet, those same women didn’t…
Once again, the State has shown us what it protects – not children, not whistleblowers, not truth. It protects itself. Instead of doing its job, the State tried to crush a whistleblower—a man who raised the alarm to protect a vulnerable woman, Grace, failed so completely by our care system that the word “failure”…
A Watershed Moment? The removal of a successful CEO, who had overseen significant growth at Primark, signals that the cost-benefit analysis of tolerating misconduct may finally be shifting. Companies are increasingly recognising that the long-term damage to organisational culture, reputation, and legal liability far outweighs any short-term disruption from leadership changes. For the…
Breaking the Silence: Tackling Northern Ireland’s Hidden Crisis of Domestic Violence Domestic violence in Northern Ireland has reached alarming levels, resembling a hidden pandemic that cannot be ignored. Despite its devastating impact, society often fails to treat violence against women within intimate relationships with the seriousness it warrants. Why is it that women’s murders in…
Two Days Into 2025, Another Woman Lost to Violence The New Year was barely underway when a devastating and preventable tragedy shattered the community of Mallow, Co. Cork. On Friday morning, January 3, Paula Canty, a 31-year-old woman, was found dead under suspicious circumstances in her rented flat. Two days into 2025, while…
The Machinery to Silence – How Abusers Weaponize the System to Bury Victims In a world where women are persistently encouraged to speak out against toxic and abusive behaviour, the reality of doing so often comes with devastating consequences. Recent revelations by Kate Beckinsale and Blake Lively shed light on how the machine of institutional…