Majella Moynihan: ‘They thought they could break me’

Garda commissioner Drew Harris has asked to meet Majella Moynihan this week to make a personal apology. Ms Moynihan, a former garda, has gone public about her treatment at the hands of garda bosses in the 1980s, when she was threatened with dismissal after having a child while unmarried.

At the age of 22, she was subjected to an internal garda investigation for giving birth and for having premarital sex with another garda recruit. She said she attempted to take her own life five times after putting the baby she had with another garda up for adoption in 1984.