SOME of the gardaí implicated in the “rape tape” scandal have been interviewed by the State’s independent police watchdog.

Dozens of women demonstrated outside the Dáil over the so-called “rape tape” scandal in which garda officers joked about raping two female protesters.

ONE of the two women at the centre of the Garda rape comment controversy said she very had very little faith in an investigation by the state’s policing watchdog.

Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan has tonight apologised on behalf of several officers who admitted joking about raping two women protesters in their custody.

One of two women protesters at the centre of the alleged Garda "rape tape" controversy has gone public to demand an independent inquiry into the policing of the disputed Shell gas project.