Gardaí have been conducting door-to-door inquiries and reviewing CCTV footage from Killarney, Co Kerry after the body of a woman was found in her home.
Emergency services were called to the home of 43-year-old Jamey Carney on the Muckross Road after she was found in an unresponsive state around lunchtime yesterday, reports RTE.
Ms Carney was pronounced dead at the scene.
Gardaí are seeking to determine the sequence of events that may have led to Ms Carney’s death by reviewing CCTV footage and interviewing people in the area, reports RTE.
Ms Carney was originally from New York but moved to Killarney around five years ago and lived in the town with her daughter.
She worked locally and was very involved in the local community, reports RTE.
Ms Carney’s body was removed to University Hospital Kerry, where a post-mortem examination will be carried out.
Gardaí said the result of the post-mortem examination will determine the course of their inquiry, reports RTE.
However, gardaí believe Ms Carney died as a result of force and the investigation is likely to be reclassified.
A family liaison officer has been appointed to assist her family, reports RTE.
Gardaí are appealing for witnesses, or anyone who was in the Muckross Road area of Killarney yesterday afternoon and who may have camera footage, including dashcam, to contact Killarney Garda Station on 064 667 1160, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111 or any garda station.
Women’s Aid has said while there has been progress, there is a “real and urgent problem with violence against women, including fatal violence,” reports RTE.
Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, chief executive Sarah Benson said if reports were correct, 286 women have died violently in Ireland since 1996.
According to the All Island Femicide report, maintained with colleagues in The Women’s Aid Federation in Northern Ireland since 2020, 82 women have died through violence — 52 in the Republic of Ireland and 30 in Northern Ireland, she said, reports RTE.
The fourth National Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence Strategy is explicit in looking at “prevention, recognising harm to children and also really surfacing the need for that coordinated policy,” she said.
Labour Party leader Ivana Bacik has demanded action be taken to tackle the rising number of women being killed violently, reports RTE.
Speaking during Leaders’ Questions in the Dáil, Ms Bacik said her deepest sympathies were with the family of Ms Carney.
“As of yesterday the number of women killed violently in Ireland this year has overtaken the figure for the whole of 2025 — in just seven months,” she said, reports RTE.
She called on the Government to support her party’s proposal of a €3 million “safe fund, to provide fast financial support.”
Taoiseach Micheál Martin described the issue as “shocking,” reports RTE.
“The numbers are not going in the right direction,” he said, adding that “a societal response” was needed.
“We are supportive of any measure that would help women who are victims of continuing domestic violence,” Mr Martin said, reports RTE.
He undertook to speak “to the ministers concerned” about the Labour Party’s proposal, reports RTE.
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