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Women of Honour Renews Call For Investigation Into Bullying And Sexual Abuse

Valerie McHugh
Valerie McHugh

12:40 11 Jun 2023


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The Women of Honour group is renewing its call for a tribunal to investigate allegations of bullying and sexual abuse in the Defence Forces.

The group has today set out its terms of reference for such an inquiry, and will meet both the Taoiseach and Tánaiste tomorrow.

The Women of Honour have long-campaigned for allegations of abuse of female and younger soldiers to be addressed - and say a recent independent review was inadequate.

Retired Army Captain and spokesperson for the group, Diane Byrne says any investigation must be transparent.

She said: "It needs to be a full tribunal of enquiry, because at this point it needs to have the public scrutiny and be held in the open so the public know exactly what's going on. 

"This is a real, important issue that needs to be addressed at this point. Now we just need to get this tribunal underway."


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