'We can't sweep under the carpet what happened to women in Defence Forces'

Retired army captain Deirdre Byrne, one of the Women of Honour who will meet with the Minister for Defence Simon Coveney today, said that there needs to be an acknowledgement and an apology about what happened to women who left the defence forces.

The meeting follows on from the explosive RTÉ radio documentary by broadcaster Katie Hannon, Women of Honour, which offered a damning account by female former members of the army and navy, detailing sexual assault and harassment by male colleagues and superiors, and job discrimination against female members with children.