Mairia Cahill

Why did Roy Greenslade demonise me when I accused an IRA member of rape?

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Mairia Cahill
Mairia Cahill is from west Belfast. She is a former Irish senator and a freelance writer for the Sunday Independent. She waived her lifetime right to anonymity as a rape victim on the BBCNI Spotlight programme 'A Woman Alone with the IRA'.

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