Politics

Women of Honour group urges wide-ranging terms for Defence Forces abuse inquiry

Group says the issues within Defence Forces were much broader than allegations of sex assault and that tribunal should examine other abuse claims

  • June 11, 2023
Honor Murphy, Diane Byrne, Yvonne O'Rourke and Roslyn Callaghan of the Women of Honour group. Photograph: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie

The Women of Honour group has set out its case for a wide-ranging public tribunal of inquiry into allegations of abuse within the Defence Forces.

The support group for former and current female Defence Force members who allege they were abused within the military has published its own proposed terms of reference for the planned statutory probe into the claims.

The group said the issues within the Defence Forces were much broader than allegations of ...