Actress Jameela Jamil has said violence against women is not taken seriously enough as she paid tribute to murdered school teacher Ashling Murphy.
The death of the 23-year-old primary school teacher has sent shockwaves around the world after she was attacked and killed while out for a run on the Grand Canal in Tullamore, Co Offaly last week.
But activist Jameela said she believes violence against women is not taken seriously enough - and gets talked about for a week and then forgotten about.
She told her followers on her Instagram Stories: “Devastated to hear about what happened to young #ashlingmurphy in Ireland. In broad daylight. In a busy area.
“Men’s violence against women is not being taken seriously enough. It is spoken about for a week at best each time and then forgotten about until the next senseless murder of a woman at the hands of a violent man,” she said.
Today schools across Ireland are holding a minute’s silence as her funeral takes place at St. Brigid's Church, Mountbolus, via Blueball and Idle Corner, in Co Offaly.
Gardai are still waiting to interview a man in connection with the murder.
Officers are still trying to establish a motive for the fatal attack on Ms Murphy, which they have described as random and committed by a lone male.
Gardai are also seeking information on the movements of a Falcon Storm mountain bike before the murder and are investigating if this is linked to an incident along the canal two hours earlier, where a woman reported she had been followed by a man on bike.
On Sunday, Ashling’s parents Kathleen and Ray, brother Cathal, sister Amy and boyfriend Ryan, were brought to the Grand Canal Way in Tullamore before being walked to the spot by gardai where the 23-year-old teacher was attacked in broad daylight.
There they spent a few minutes together before coming back up the pathway and being driven away again.
It was the first time they had been able to stand at the scene where her life was taken.
