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 fiance 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 his 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