Michelle McGlynn: Ciara Mangan’s experience is not unique — we need to tackle rape culture

'Rape jokes' are still being told in 2023. There are still people who laugh at them and more still who let them go unchallenged. Those 'jokes' could well be the reason a person does not report or confide in someone what has been done to them, writes Michelle McGlynn

The revelation of how Ciara was treated by her colleagues was met with disgust from the public. File picture: Courtpix

Shane Noonan is a rapist. It is thanks to the courage of Ciara Mangan that we know this today.

Ciara's co-workers at a fast food restaurant in Co. Mayo knew this a decade ago when Ciara, then 18, was raped at a house party on May 11, 2013. They knew and they used this fact not to offer Ciara comfort and support in the aftermath but to torment and humiliate her.