Sarah Harte: Domestic killings rooted in male control and entitlement, not mental illness

Recent tragedies expose a violent continuum of misogyny in Ireland — from verbal abuse to fatal domestic control and coercion
Sarah Harte: Domestic killings rooted in male control and entitlement, not mental illness

Vanessa Whyte with her children James and Sara, who were shot dead last week.

Last week felt like another dark week for Irish women.

On Saturday, driving to Cork, I listened to comedian Alison Spittle on the Brendan O’Connor Show. I once approached her in the bathrooms of the Irish Film Institute to tell her how much I enjoyed her work. She was very polite but looked vaguely startled.

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