Why is it brave for a woman or a man to say that that they have been raped?

While filming my Reality Bites documentary for RTÉ 2, Asking For It? (available on RTÉ player now, nudge nudge etc), I had the pleasure of meeting some incredible people, writes Louise O’Neill.

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Louise O’Neill

None, however, made the same impact upon me as Niamh Ní Dhomhnaill.

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