The mother of murdered Nadine Lott said she fears more women will lose their lives at the hands of men as Ireland is failing to tackle gender-based violence.
Mum-of-one Nadine, 30, was brutally attacked by her ex-partner Daniel Murtagh at her home in Arklow, Co Wicklow, in the early hours of December 14, 2019. She died in hospital three days later.
Murtagh, 34, of Melrose Grove, Bawnogue, Dublin 22, was convicted of her murder and is now serving a life sentence.
Speaking on RTE One's Crimecall, Nadine's grieving mother Claire said: "It's been two years since Nadine's murder.
"From what I've seen in those two years, nothing has changed. A lot of other women have lost their lives."
Claire said she didn't realise that Murtagh was capable of murder before he took Nadine's life - and she fears other women will lose their lives at the hands of violent men.
"Following what happened to Nadine, things came to light.
"We knew the texts he was sending. We knew he was trying to be controlling.
"At no point did we didn't understand the level this could take somebody to.
"There is no excuse to justifying committing such a crime. Nobody has the right to hurt or to kill another human being.
"There does need to be changes but it needs to be changes within society.
"Without any changes, unfortunately the reality is, more women are going to lose their lives.
"They're going to cruelly and viciously lose their lives, as Nadine did."
Claire Lott also said she feels she is serving a life sentence without Nadine.
She said: "Nadine is here with me. Nadine is in my heart all of the time.
"What happened to Nadine never leaves me for one second.
"There is no getting through something like this.
"This is something we have to live with and live through all of our lives.
"It's just living life on autopilot. It's getting up and getting through the day, each and every day.
"This is our life sentence. This is life now."
Claire also said she was so proud of the woman Nadine had become before her life was tragically cut short.
She said: "I am so proud of her and the mother she had become.
"She had gone from being a single, fun-loving girl to a mum and she took it so seriously.
"I am so proud of her and she had only started.
"She only got to fulfil six years of that journey, of being a mum."
Women’s Aid has kept a record of the violent deaths of women in Ireland since 1996 and 244 women have been killed since then.
Some 87% of resolved cases were perpetrated by a man known to the victim. 13% of perpetrators were strangers.
