A Westmeath mother is to speak at a conference calling for tighter controls on defamation cases — after she was sued by a man who allegedly raped her.Read more at Independent_ie Post navigationTeenager who received Sinn Féin senator’s messages speaks out: ‘Mary Lou McDonald’s glowing tribute to Niall felt like a mental stab’ My favourite room: ‘The garden was so overgrown that we didn’t even see the well’ — Waterford woman Gail McCarthy Latre on her French renovation