Ireland’s First Female Police Commissioner Says She Experiences Workplace Sexism

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Ireland’s first woman police chief has told of her fears that she would be sacked when she refused as a recruit to make ham sandwiches for work colleagues.

Garda Commissioner Noirin O’Sullivan opened up about her experience of sexism in the early years of her career when she was based at Dublin’s busy Store Street station. It happened in 1981 when women had been members of the force for only 22 years.

A woman sergeant called her back to the station when she was working overtime on an investigation. She was asked if she would go to a nearby shop and buy bread and ham to make sandwiches. – READ MORE

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