Lobby groups condemn alleged garda 'rape' jokes as Ombudsman investigates

The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre, Amnesty, the Council for Civil Liberties and One in Four have all condemned comments allegedly made by gardaí in Co Mayo, in which they allegedly joked about threatening to rape a female anti-Shell protestor who had been arrested.

Ellen O'Malley-Dunlop of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre said any suggestive remarks about rape were not acceptable, whatever the circumstances, "but because they were in uniform, this is absolutely unacceptable".