'All of the lengths' Margaret Loftus went through believed to be catalyst for Fiosrú unit

Having fought hard against the system for her case to finally reach the courts, the Mayo woman has since met with the minister for justice and Tánaiste to press hard for change in the area of domestic violence investigation

Margaret Loftus: ‘I made a protected disclosure in 2018 about all of this, and that disclosure still has not been fully investigated. It is not news to me.’ File Picture: Collins Courts

When domestic abuse survivor Mary Louise Lynch heard that a unit has been set up within the policing ombudsman’s office to deal with complaints about the garda handling of domestic and sexual abuse, she had mixed feelings.

On the one hand, she felt it was welcome. On the other, she wished that such a unit was not necessary.