Media Coverage

2025-08-01 Examiner: Bereaved families want to discuss domestic homicide — we owe it to them to talk about it

Being 'shocked' at domestic homicides is not good enough. They happen all the time, everywhere, in all kinds of settings, and we need to talk about them

https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/arid-41679302.html   

2025-07-20: Did State pay my siter's killer after conviction ?

The Irish Mail on Sunday covered the controversy over continued salary payments to kilroy:

https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/the-irish-mail-on-sunday/20250720/281556591861133?srsltid=AfmBOoo1lz5zASH2k8XnE7w6y3zGOcQJX3vWABPXHyUVz24UHE1ILyEw 

2025-06-01: Brother of murder victim Valerie French claims Tusla ‘prioritised her killer’s rights over her children’

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/brother-of-murder-victim-valerie-french-claims-tusla-prioritised-her-killers-rights-over-her-children/a1448184392.html 

Book launch related coverage is on the Book page.

2025-05-03 Leap man pursues ‘Valerie’s Law’ in Brussels

https://www.southernstar.ie/premium-exclusives/leap-man-pursues-valeries-law-in-brussels-4327631 

2025-04-29 Changes to guardianship rights progressing

https://www.midwestradio.ie/news/changes-to-guardianship-rights-progressing/

2025-04-09: Warning over constitutionality of ‘Valerie’s law’ plan

https://www.irishlegal.com/articles/warning-over-constitutionality-of-valeries-law-plan 

2025-04-07: Social Democrats to bring Bill to remove guardianship rights from convicted killers before Dáil

https://www.thejournal.ie/social-democrats-gary-gannon-valeries-law-bill-dail-6671268-Apr2025/   

2025-04-06: ‘James Kilroy deprived Valerie’s children of their mother. He should get nothing’

https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/james-kilroy-deprived-valeries-children-of-their-mother-he-should-get-nothing/a2016518992.html 

2025-04-01: Minister for Justice secures Cabinet approval for Bill known as ‘Valerie’s Law’

https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/77fcc-minister-jim-ocallaghan-secures-cabinet-approval-of-the-general-scheme-of-the-guardianship-of-infants-amendment-bill-2025/ 

https://www.finegael.ie/valeries-law-will-close-legal-loophole-and-safeguard-children-ward/

https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2025/04/01/murder-victims-brother-welcomes-proposed-law-to-remove-guardianship-rights-from-wife-killers/ 

https://www.thejournal.ie/valeries-law-legislation-remove-guardianship-rights-6664273-Apr2025/

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/killer-parents-likely-to-lose-care-of-their-shared-children-under-proposed-valeries-law-named-in-honour-of-murdered-mum/a864073872.html

https://www.thejournal.ie/valeries-law-legislation-remove-guardianship-rights-6664273-Apr2025/ 

https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/politics/valeries-law-legislation-protect-kids-34966741 

https://www.midwestradio.ie/news/valeries-law-goes-before-cabinet-this-morning/

https://www.thesun.ie/news/14978325/valerie-french-james-kilroy-murdered-banned-kids-guardian/ 

https://www.thesun.ie/news/14978325/valerie-frenc-james-kilroy-murdered-banned-kids-guardian/

2025-03-31:  Minister for Justice to seek Cabinet approval for Bill known as ‘Valerie’s Law’ this week

https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2025/03/31/those-convicted-of-killing-their-spouse-face-losing-guardianship-rights-under-draft-laws/  

2025-03-31: Brother of murder victim Valerie French gets court order to administer her estate

https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2025/03/31/brother-of-murder-victim-valerie-french-gets-court-order-to-administer-her-estate/ 

2025-03-11 Analysis on Constitutionality

https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41591332.html 

2025-02-26: Memo to Government to implement Valerie's Law

https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/law-to-remove-guardianship-rights-from-those-who-kill-their-spouse-to-be-brought-to-cabinet-next-month/a545220392.html

https://www.thejournal.ie/counselling-notes-character-references-6633427-Feb2025/?utm_source=shortlink

https://www.southernstar.ie/news/valeries-law-would-close-legal-loophole-4321265

https://www.thejournal.ie/counselling-notes-gender-based-violence-6633808-Feb2025/?utm_source=twitter_short

https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2025/02/26/list-of-convicted-sex-offenders-to-be-published-publicly-like-tax-offenders-list/

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/politics/arid-41582599.html

https://www.thesun.ie/news/14785250/justice-minister-new-laws-counselling-notes-criminals-details/

https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/ocallaghan-surprised-at-lack-of-public-register-for-criminal-convictions-1734423.html

https://www.thejournal.ie/counselling-notes-gender-based-violence-6633808-Feb2025/

https://www.westernpeople.ie/justice-minister-surprised-at-lack-of-public-register-for-criminal-convictions_arid-49424.html

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41582857.html

https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/justice-minister-jim-ocallaghan-aims-to-bring-forward-valeries-law-next-month/a869661980.html

https://extra.ie/2025/02/27/news/irish-news/register-domestic-abusers

https://www.midwestradio.ie/news/valeries-law-to-brought-before-cabinet/

DRIVETIME PODCAST

https://pca.st/1w8320ee

2025-02-10: Valerie's Law called for at European Level

https://www.kilkennypeople.ie/news/kilkenny-city/1726536/kilkenny-mep-calls-for-valerie-s-law-in-ireland.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG1Lz9kuzOI 

2025-01-06

Upfront with Katie Hannon on January 6th, 2025 Nollag na mBan

Full program: https://www.rte.ie/player/series/upfront-with-katie-hannon/10001371-00-0000?epguid=IH10008911-25-0001 

Clip of Valerie's Law:  https://youtu.be/009dUbDmX0s