The same files were earlier sent to Garda Moynihan, upon her request, but heavily redacted. There was an inquisition into her sexual behaviour, use of contraceptives, and other intimate details about her relationship with the father of her baby (a fellow garda). The father was cautioned and fined £90 and Garda Moynihan was to be sacked. During the course of a subsequent tribunal, Joanne Hayes was cross-examined by barristers for five days, including about her sexual history. Joanne Hayes outside the tribunalThe sexual policing, trial, and punishment of women who got pregnant outside of marriage in Ireland was not confined to Church institutions for “fallen women”.

Source: Irish Examiner June 18, 2019 23:03 UTC