The roads and pathways in Ireland’s bigger towns and cities are regularly well-lit. They are paved well, assuming safety and order, and guide the way to or from home for most who use them. I have used these roads, paths and clearways many times; to visit friends, write a story; exercise or catch a bus. On Sunday, May 29, 2022, 22-year-old Natasha O’Brien used one of these roads — a well-lit, well-paved, fit-for-purpose path on O’Connell Street — to walk home after working a shift in a pub in Limerick City Centre. It was here she came across off-duty, Irish…

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