A Woman in Defence
My Story of the Enemy Within the Irish Army
Karina Molloy
- 'Absorbing,
- poignant
- and
- often
- shocking'
- Irish
- Times'Clear-eyed
- and
- unsentimental
- ...
- a
- sobering
- and
- timely
- testament'
- RTÉ
- Guide'A
- reporter
- once
- asked
- me
- what
- justice
- would
- look
- like
- for
- me,
- and
- I
- replied
- from
- the
- heart.
- Justice
- for
- me
- simply
- means
- that
- the
- next
- 18-year-old
- female
- and
- male
- who
- walk
- through
- those
- gates
- will
- be
- protected,
- and
- that
- no
- one
- will
- ever
- again
- have
- to
- deal
- with
- the
- physical,
- sexual
- and
- psychological
- abuses
- we
- experienced.'When
- Karina
- Molloy
- took
- early
- retirement
- from
- the
- Irish
- army
- in
- 2012,
- she
- left
- behind
- a
- trailblazing
- career
- spanning
- over
- three
- decades.For
- the
- first
- woman
- to
- ever
- reach
- the
- Senior
- Non-Commissioned
- Officer
- rank,
- however,
- that
- trail
- was
- marked
- by
- setbacks,
- as
- she
- faced
- repeated
- promotional
- glass
- ceilings,
- routine
- harassment
- and
- bullying,
- and
- incidents
- of
- sexual
- assault.
- Despite
- the
- toll
- it
- took
- on
- her,
- Karina
- persevered,
- going
- on
- to
- become
- one
- of
- the
- key
- voices
- today
- in
- demanding
- change
- and
- accountability
- within
- the
- Irish
- army.From
- Donegal
- to
- the
- Curragh
- Camp
- to
- tours
- in
- Lebanon,
- Eritrea
- and
- Bosnia,
- this
- is
- her
- astonishing
- story.'A
- searing,
- honest
- and
- courageous
- account
- of
- professional
- soldiering
- in
- a
- toxic
- military
- culture'
- Senator
- Tom
- Clonan,
- retired
- army captain
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