Margaret Loftus: Domestic abuse survivor’s ordeal inside An Garda Síochána exposed

Margaret Loftus: 'I felt people were keeping their distance from me for standing up for myself. I felt shame, when he was the one who needed to hang his head in shame.' Pictures: Collins Courts

Margaret Loftus was in her childhood bedroom when the assault occurred that finally ended her marriage.

The family home was a bungalow in Pollavaddy in rural Co Mayo.