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How much have we really learned from the suffering of the children?
Published in the Sunday Indpendent on 24th May, 2009 The lessons of the past week’s awful tales still need to be taken on board in at least one area. LIKE many Irish people of my generation who...
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Religious orders should pay the price of abuse by handing over their hospitals
Published in the Sunday Independent on 7th June, 2009 While they are no longer seen on the wards, the sisters have not gone away. In the aftermath of the institutional abuse revelations, there have...
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Magdalen Laundries
Will the Leader get clarification from the Minister for Justice and Equality as to what investigation will take place with regard to potential conflict of interest issues that arise with the Magdalen...
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Boycott of An Taoiseach by Boston Cathlolic Hierarchy
We will, in the coming weeks, be celebrating the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy’s visit to Ireland. Also coming up soon is the 53rd anniversary of the speech President Kennedy made to the...
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Conflicts of interest in the new health insurance market forum and the...
It has just been announced that 2,000 people are waiting for hospice services due to an appalling lack of hospice beds and I must say that puts everything else we will say today into perspective. I...
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Calling for a banking inquiry and querying the Magdalene laundries redress...
At the risk of making the Chamber sound like a broken record, I mention issues relating to the banks and attempted to get the Order of Business amended. I am somewhat troubled by the fact that there...
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