A Woman in Defence: Karina Molloy Talks About The Enemy Within The Irish Army

Caley Corner

My guest on this episode is Karina Molloy who served with the Irish military for over thirty years. Karina is a women of many firsts, she was part of the first swathe of female recruits to be enlisted officially in the Irish army as well as the first to attempt to pass selection for the Irish special forces. Unfortunately, her time in the army was plagued by sexual harassment and even more with sexual assaults. Karina talks openly about her career there are even a couple of light hearted moments shared throughout. You'll hear first hand what the logistics were of females first steps in the Irish army alongside subjects such as isolation, mindset & psychology etc. Karina is campaigning to make military's across the world safe places for women to work at without fear of assault. so, that does take up the bulk of this discussion. She's also written a very good book about her life titled the same as this podcast. You can grab the book here if you'd be interested https://www.amazon.co.uk/Woman-Defence-Story-Enemy-Within/dp/1399712306 The audio is slightly distorted at the start so, apologies for that but, it's still good enough to hear Karina's story and does improve as the recording progresses.