Figures from Women's Aid, an organisation that works to stop domestic violence against women, show 87% of women killed in Ireland over the past 20 years were killed by a male partner or a man known to them.
A total of 209 women have been killed in Ireland by men between 1996 and 2016.
The figures have been published today as part of Women's Aid Femicide Watch report to coincide with the launch of the group's 16 Days of Action campaign, which aims to raise awareness about violence against women.
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The report, the first of its kind in Ireland, has collated the data of the number of women killed, how they were killed and by whom, over the past 20 years.
Of these 209 killings, 63% were carried out in the woman's home.
In 164 of the cases that have come before the courts, 89 of the killers were a current or former intimate partner of the victim.
Fifty-four of the women were killed by a male relative or by a male acquaintance.
Twenty-one were murdered by a male stranger.
An element of sexual violence or rape was reported in 22 of the cases.
In 13 cases, it was reported that the victim was talking about or in the process of leaving the relationship.
The report also shows that most of the women who were murdered were stabbed or strangled.
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