Jennifer Poole’s family ‘ecstatic’ over plans to introduce public domestic violence register in Ireland

The family of Jennifer Poole has been fighting to establish Jennie's Law in Ireland

Her family has been tirelessly campaigning to establish a domestic violence register in Ireland since Jennifer's tragic death in April 2021.

Jennifer Poole tragically died after her ex-partner Gavin Murphy attacked her.

The Minister for Justice has stressed that he is committed to establishing a domestic violence register in Ireland.

He told the Dáil: "We publish a list of tax offenders, but not for people convicted of rape."

"The domestic violence register is something I am committing to establish. It is important that if somebody is convicted of a serious criminal offence by the courts, the public should be aware of that."

Minister O'Callaghan stressed that it is "unfair to every victim to carry that burden of making their story public."

He believes it is too much for them and that we should have a system in place in Ireland where "there is disclosure of information on people who’ve been convicted of serious offences."

Speaking about his sister's untimely death, Jason Poole said she would still be here if the register existed.

Jason Poole told the Irish Daily Mail:

"We will never get justice for Jennie’s death… but now other people could be saved because of this register."

The domestic violence register would reportedly mirror Clare's Law in the UK.

Clare’s Law was introduced to reduce intimate partner violence. It was named after the late Clare Wood following her murder in 2009.

Clare's Law enables the police to disclose information to a victim or potential victim of domestic abuse about their partner's or ex-partner's previous abusive or violent offending.

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