Parents ‘never imagined  that Kirsty was in danger’
Kirsty’s parents John and Jackie and (inset) Kirsty who passed away in July 2023

Parents ‘never imagined that Kirsty was in danger’

The parents of a Dublin woman murdered by her partner in Spain almost three years ago “never imagined that she was in danger” in the relationship.

Ex-soldier Keith Byrne was found guilty of strangling Kirsty Ward, a 36-year-mother who worked as a pharmacist in Glenview Medical Centre, in a hotel room in Salou, in July 2023.