Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

We can ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when there will be training in this State for judges who can come out with a statement to the effect that feelings were running high after a marriage break-up as an excuse for giving a man a suspended sentence. The most dangerous time for a woman is when she leaves a relationship. This woman did everything right. She left a violent relationship and she had a protection order in place.

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