Majella Moynihan: Why were we so very hateful?

When Majella Moynihan bravely told her story, of how she, as a guard, was mistreated and bullied shamelessly by An Garda Síochána just half a lifetime ago because she became pregnant while single, she reopened the Pandora’s box where so many of the secret histories of how Irish life was so very dark, so very cruel, are hidden away.

Since she told her story other voices have shared theirs. One, described as an exemplary recruit, told of how he was summarily dismissed without explanation when his sexuality was discovered.