Somebody finally listened

Watching as the prison doors finally closed behind her father, Fiona Doyle sent out a message of hope to rape victims fearful of not being believed: “There will be somebody. Somebody will listen to you.”

Raising her face to the sky outside the Criminal Court of Justice as if a weight had been lifted, she had these words for victims wondering if it was worth going to the courts: “Look at my face today compared to last week. I’m happy. It’s been a rough ride, but it’s worth it.”

She said she would now press home to Enda Kenny the problems with the system, and the hurt it had caused her, when she meets the Taoiseach next Wednesday.