Parents Who Still Can't Publicly Speak About Their Murdered Children Are Being "Retraumatised"
Yesterday, the Children's Act was amended and a ban on identifying child victims of violent crime was lifted
However, there are still several cases which are subject to separate legal orders, preventing some parents from speaking freely.
Kathleeen Chada's sons Eoghan and Ruairi were murdered by their father in 2013 - she was prevented from talking about her children in the media until the amendment came into effect.
She says she felt "gagged":
"Now I did some interviews but I did them anonymously. Doing that, it felt so... it just felt wrong. It felt so, so wrong. And I know I can talk about Eoghan and Ruairi to my heart's content with family, with friends, with whoever'll listen to me to be honest. But to be gagged effectively, and to have to censor myself in a way, was just wrong."
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