I felt betrayed by her. I couldn’t understand why my mother allowed my father to rape, beat and torture me for 16 years … Tara O’Brien, Dublin City

My daughter was planning a fairy-tale wedding. Her fiancé was also busy planning the biggest day of his life, except his big day wasn’t his wedding, it was the day he’d murder his new bride … Maire Gough, Co. Louth

I go to bed every night with the image of those five men surrounding our Robert and a knife going into him and I see him falling to ... Read morehis knees. I wake up with that same image every morning, that pushes me through the day … Paula McCartney, Belfast

When a mother is pushed there isn’t anything she won’t do for her children, so I absconded from prison, went on the run, cleared my name and got my kids back … Eilish Enright, Kildare