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Socialist Republic1978The Southern state and its partiesThe Southern state and its parties
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McMahon us Marie McMahon is one that won't Forgotten by the Dublin Gardai for some time to come. weeks ago the Director of Public Prosecutions withdrew a charge It a Dublin D istrict Justice threw Peace’ and ‘Obscene Language’
The fact that the case was brought at all is an object lesson in how the Southern Gardai really operate.
It also shows clearly that a united political opposition can defeat these smear attempts.
There are other lessons for socialists and feminists. The case shows clearly that when poverty and destitution force women onto the streets they are oppressed and victimised not only by the criminal pimps but by the prostitution laws and the vice squad. These women are the historical scapegoats for the ~ gexist double standards of Irish society.
The Marie McMahon case only emphasises the need for a public enquiry into the Operation of the Garda Vice Squad,whose track record in this area is every bit were sections of the Garda 'glorious'as their corrupt vice squad operating in collusion British counterparts. ] Fi Fi A few for us all. ( i