In October 2021, a culture of misogyny and sexual assault in the Irish Defence Forces over decades was reported by Irish broadcaster Katie Hannon in a documentary named Women of Honour. The documentary was named after an informal group of current and former serving members of the army, naval service and air corps who had been victims of sexual assault while on service.
Documentary[]
On 23 October 2021, in a special Saturday with Katie Hannon entitled Women of Honour, Katie Hannon investigated the treatment of misogyny, sexual assault, and rape allegations in the Irish Defense Forces.[1] The survivors formed a representative group of the same name.[2][3]
Official Investigation[]
An official investigation was ordered by the Minister for Defence, Simon Coveney in January 2022. The final report, published in March 2023 made 13 recommendations which the Government accepted in full.[4][5][6][7]
Calls for statutory investigation[]
Following the release of the report from the official investigation, the Women of Honour group called for a statutory investigation.[8]
References[]
- ↑ Hannon, Katie. "Women of Honour". https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/11351346/.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/WomenOfHonour_
- ↑ O'Connor, Niall (27 March 2023). "Women of Honour hold 'constructive' meeting with Tánaiste as report due to be published tomorrow". https://www.thejournal.ie/women-of-honour-report-irg-diane-byrne-6029769-Mar2023/.
- ↑ O'Rourke, Yvonne (30 March 2023). "Women of Honour: We need a statutory inquiry like no other". https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2023/03/30/women-of-honour-we-need-a-statutory-inquiry-like-no-other/.
- ↑ Clarke, Vivienne (29 March 2023). "Women of Honour report 'shocking but not surprising', says DRCC chief". https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/women-of-honour-report-shocking-but-not-surprising-says-drcc-chief-1454954.html.
- ↑ Loughlin, Elaine (28 March 2023). "Women of Honour report: What the Government will do next". https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41104081.html.
- ↑ Varadkar, Leo (2023-03-29). Leaders' Questions (Speech). Leinster House, Dublin. https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2023-03-29/speech/449/. "There are a number of recommendations in the report, 13 in total, and we have accepted them all. There are some we can implement very quickly."
- ↑ O'Connor, Niall (March 28, 2023). "Women of Honour: Statutory inquiry process 'must start within days rather than weeks'". https://www.thejournal.ie/women-of-honour-irg-reaction-6031143-Mar2023/.
External links[]
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