A group representing rank and file gardai has slammed the Garda organisation for its "disgraceful" treatment of a pregnant garda.
Former Garda Majella Moynihan faced dismissal after she became pregnant with the child of a garda recruit in 1984.
The Garda Commissioner and the Minister for Justice apologised to Majella following an RTE documentary of her case.
Now the Garda Representative Association have lashed out at the treatment of their former colleague.
A statement said: "The Garda Representative Association (GRA) has today expressed its highest admiration for the dignity and bravery of former Garda Majella Moynihan who this weekend revealed details of her mistreatment at the hands of An Garda Siochána in the 1980s.
"In speaking publicly about her ordeal as a pregnant single woman, Majella laid bare a litany of shocking and disgraceful behaviours on the part of the Garda Siochána – including some of her colleagues.
"Majella’s experience was a product of a time in which people in a position of power were influenced by social values which had profound disregard for women."
The GRA said that it did not support the culture that saw Majella being treated in that manner by the garda organisation.
The statement added: "The GRA of today distances itself from any implication that Majella had done anything wrong and would robustly defend any attempt to victimise a woman on the grounds that led to the disciplinary hearing against her.
"We also note the child’s father was subject to a disciplinary hearing in which Majella was called as a witness, which is another disgraceful aspect of this shocking episode."
