A whole lot of individuals gathered on Wexford quay entrance on Friday night for a vigil in honour of murdered County Offaly girl Ashling Murphy and listened as Bishop of Ferns, Ger Nash prayed that “we might all have the braveness to name out misogyny and hatred wherever we discover it”.
he Bishop was amongst a big crowd on the occasion organised by Oylegate-based childbirth doula Lorraine Lozano, who fought again tears as she learn a poem written in regards to the the 23-year previous Tullamore trainer, who was brutally attacked and killed in broad daylight whereas out jogging , which contained the chorus “she went for a run”.
Additionally in attendance was Curracloe man Andrew Furlong, whose 21-year previous daughter Nicola, a DCU trade scholar, was murdered in Japan nearly 10 years in the past.
“I really feel no completely different right now than I did 10 years in the past. Being right here is citing loads of feelings. How may this occur to somebody in the course of the day It’s an evil world we’re residing in but it surely’s solely a small minority”, he mentioned.
Bishop Nash was known as on to say a prayer and requested everybody “to pledge to make our houses, our city, our county, our nation and our world secure for everybody.”
“We pray for many who have died and we pray for Ashling and her household specifically.”
Bishop Nash mentioned he felt it essential to attend the vigil. “I go away the home above each evening at 10 p.m. and stroll down the marina and again alongside the Essential Avenue and the one factor I’ve to fret about is whether or not I get moist or not, whereas a lady doing the identical factor has to consider a lot extra.”
Ms Lozano, the mom of two younger daughters mentioned “I feel the previous few days have been such a heavy time for each girl in Eire. All of us have multiple, greater than two, greater than three tales to inform of feeling intimidated however we now have stopped speaking about them. We don’t really feel comfy sharing them them as a result of we might be blamed”.
“It has to cease. One other girl has been taken. Preserve all the ladies whose lives have been taken in your reminiscence”, she mentioned as she invited individuals to look at a number of second’ silence and later, to return ahead and light-weight a candle for Ashling, with queues of youngsters amongst these lining as much as place nightlights in a circle on the bottom.