'Nobody knows the torture I went through': Majella Moynihan's guarded life

In 1984, Majella Moynihan was charged with breaching An Garda Síochána’s disciplinary rules, for having premarital sex with another guard, and for having a child. 

Majella Moynihan was charged with two counts of misconduct under garda discipline regulations: that she had sex with an unmarried male garda, and had given birth to a baby. Picture: RTÉ Documentary On One.

“I’m the first person in the world to be charged with giving birth,” says Majella Moynihan. 

“There are no words to describe what An Garda Síochána did to me. There are no words. I can speak and speak and speak, but nobody knows the torture I went through.”