Majella Moynihan, the former garda forced from her job and prosecuted for giving birth out of wedlock, has received face-to-face apologies from Garda Commissioner Drew Harris and Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan. Ms Moynihan was 22 when she was prosecuted in the mid-1980s after having premarital sex with another garda. In a statement on Friday, Mr Harris said: “I was pleased to meet Ms Moynihan yesterday and offer her a fulsome apology in person on behalf of An Garda Síochána. Both Mr Flanagan and Mr Harris had previously issued statements apologising for her treatment. Ms Moynihan has said that senior officers told her in later years her career was effectively ended by the incident.

Source: The Irish Times June 21, 2019 12:33 UTC