A GARDA, A FORCED ADOPTION, A FIGHT FOR JUSTICE In 1984, Majella
Moynihan was a fresh-faced young garda recruit when she gave birth
to a baby boy. Charged with breaching An Garda Siochana's
disciplinary rules - for having premarital sex with another guard,
becoming pregnant, and having a child - she was pressured to give
up her baby for adoption, or face dismissal. It forced her into a
decision that would have devastating impacts on her life. Majella
left the force in 1998 after many difficult years and, in 2019,
following an RTE documentary on her case, she received an apology
from the Garda Commissioner and Minister for Justice for the ordeal
she endured as a young garda. Here, for the first time, she tells
the full story. From an institutional childhood after the death of
her mother when she was a baby, to realising her vocation of
becoming a guard only to confront the reality of a police culture
steeped in misogyny and prejudice, A Guarded Life is both a
courageous personal account of hope and resilience in the darkest
times, and a striking reflection on womanhood and autonomy in
modern Ireland.
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