{"id":551404,"date":"2026-07-15T18:48:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T18:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/551404\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T18:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T18:48:12","slug":"domestic-violence-register-legislation-approved-by-dail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/551404\/","title":{"rendered":"Domestic violence register legislation approved by D\u00e1il"},"content":{"rendered":"

Legislation providing for the establishment of Ireland’s first domestic violence judgements register has been approved by the D\u00e1il.<\/p>\n

The Domestic Violence (Judgements) Register Bill 2026, known as Jennie’s Law, will now go to the President Catherine Connolly to be signed into law.<\/p>\n

It will result in those convicted of domestic violence against a partner or former partner being included on a public register.<\/p>\n

The register will assist people in a relationship or considering a relationship with a person to ascertain whether they have a history of serious domestic violence convictions.<\/p>\n

‘Victims and families don’t have to suffer the way we’ve had to suffer’<\/p>\n

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The law has been named in honour of 24-year-old Jennifer Poole, who was murdered by her former partner Gavin Murphy in Finglas in Dublin in 2021.<\/p>\n

Ms Poole was not aware Murphy had a history of abusive behaviour and a conviction for assaulting a former partner.<\/p>\n

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\nGavin Murphy received a mandatory life sentence<\/p>\n

Ms Poole’s family are in the D\u00e1il public gallery this afternoon, including her brother Jason Poole, who has campaigned vigorously for the legislation.<\/p>\n

Her parents Jackie and Joe and children are also present.<\/p>\n

Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan said all of the House were aware of the background and origins of the legislation – the “brutal and senseless murder” of Ms Poole.<\/p>\n

Fianna F\u00e1il TD Paul McAuliffe said Ms Poole was subject to an offence at “the most serious level”.<\/p>\n

“It’s important to remember who Jennie was, she was a 24-year-old mother, a wonderful mother, a healthcare worker in our community, a very much loved member of her camogie team, and in many ways she was the very best of our community,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Legislation providing for the establishment of Ireland’s first domestic violence judgements register has been approved by the D\u00e1il.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":488596,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-551404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=551404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/488596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}