Two more small details: The most-quoted line didn't come from Connolly but was fed to her by Pearson, as the summary news report (but not the interview write-up itself) makes clear. And in the last line, Pearson, the teller of this tale, can't resist obliquely patting herself on the back.
Find myself idly wondering how much Connolly could have changed the terms of debate if, instead of signing up as a victimhood bandwagon for far-right pundits and politicians, she had come out and been contrite, taken responsibility for what she did wrong, and apologised without trying to shift blame