Maíria Cahill briefs Labour TDs in advance of Dáil debate
Three-hour debate to take place on claims of sexual abuse by republican movement
Maíria Cahill: ‘She outlined in a calm manner the sinister way in which her character has been attacked by Sinn Féin and republican sympathisers. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA
Maíria Cahill, the Belfast woman who claims she was raped by an IRA member when she was a teenager, was in Leinster House yesterday on the eve of a Dáil debate on claims of sexual abuse by members of the republican movement.
Ms Cahill met members of the parliamentary Labour Party during her visit and had discussions with Tánaiste Joan Burton. It was her second meeting with the Labour leader.