Pat Stacey: Powerful TG4 docuseries reveals how Irish State used the law to oppress and silence women

‘Ceartas Crua: Mná v An Dlí’ (TG4)

Máirín de Burca, a founding member of the Irish Women’s Liberation Movement, is a contributor. Photo: TG4/Midas

Here’s a sobering thought: if, like me, you were married before 1990, you had the right to rape your wife without any fear of legal repercussions.

It was only in 1990 that marital rape was declared a crime in this country. Changing a law, however, doesn’t change attitudes.