The two legal experts who will review the case involving alleged rape victim Maíria Cahill have been named by the North’s Director of Public Prosecutions.

Sinn Féin’s rising support appears to have been halted following period of controversy over its handling of allegations by Belfast woman Maíria Cahill, who claims she was raped and subjected to a "kangaroo court" inquiry by the IRA.

Fear of going to the police with complaints about sexual abuse or violence still exits in the North, according to a leading women’s rights advocate who said the case of Maíria Cahill is not an isolated one.

THE women victims of Republican violence seem to haunt Gerry Adams the most. Unlike murdered mother-of- 10, Jean McConville, rape survivor Maíria Cahill cannot be tossed into a shallow grave and forgotten about.

Outrage erupted after a leading former IRA figure shared a blog post suggesting rape victim Maíria Cahill enjoyed a "year-long sexual liaison" with her attacker.

Sinn Féin have denied that an invitation from its leader, Gerry Adams, to Taoiseach Enda Kenny to meet with senior republicans included those alleged by rape victim Maíria Cahill to have taken part in a ‘kangaroo court’.

When are we really going to get honesty and the truth from Gerry Adams? I feel so sorry for Maíria Cahill and victims of Sinn Féin/IRA sexual violence.

Just as Gerry Adams seems to have, finally, met his nemesis in Maíria Cahill, the Government has met theirs in Irish Water.