Deputy Ruairi Quinn speaking on the Ryan Report

Deputy Ruairi Quinn speaking on the Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse

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[slx00]

Great speech. It's important that these questions are asked.

I'm horrified at how empty the chamber is though. Where is everyone ? Off at their Opus Dei meetings ?

[williamcotter]

Why isn`t Ruairi running this country??? More politicians like him please!

[Bhouncer]

Men of 1916 would be appaled if they could see the cover up going on by church and state. They didn't fight and die for that, they fought so they could have a free life, only to be oppressed by the people who were supposed to care for them.

revolting.

[RAMSEY1987]

this stops playing after 5:32 can it be re-posted? or can someone paste another link?

[callanm100]

Brian Cowan and most of the ministers look totally bored with having to listen to the whole story. They simply do not care at all, they have no understanding of the suffering and torture which these poor children went through with not a single person to give a damn. Poor Ireland where I grew up, how can these leaders let this shame continue and not even feign interest. Ruairi Quinn sounds like a good man. Ireland needs good people at the moment.

[celticlofts]

These politicians speak like they didn't have a clue as to what was going on and that is simply not true. Parents of children who were abused went to clinics and told their local TD about the abuse and they did nothing. Jim Mitchell knew that Tony Walsh was raping kids but he chose to keep his mouth shut and I know that for a fact.

[krugerfuchs]

WHAT ABOUT THE STATE ABUSED WE HAVE BEEN FORGOT NO APOLOGY ALL THAT HAS COME OUT IS FOR THE RELIGOUS ABUSED NOT THE STATE ABUSED WHAT ABOUT US

[olliespike2]

Brian Cowan looks likes he does not give a shit...imagine that...he could not care less...Ireland is a grim and awful place...The Northern counties got lucky with the divide.

[KamaraSune]

Celticlofts is correct. The government and the Church were in a partnership and they still are to this day. The beatings, rapes and mistreatments were the side effects to maintain control and crush the victims self esteem so they would never speak out about the slavery. Both reaped huge profits on the backs of slave labor. The poor, the common citizen were their targets. All of the elite (those with vast wealth) belong to the same club and work together as they have since the roman rule.

[SteveOSpielberg]

all fine words

[celticlofts]

I agree..

[starmanskye]

@celticlofts -- 'We the People' are culpable for these unspeakable horrors (AND their systemic cover-up, denial & protection of the Church bureaucracy) in direct proportion that We The People have effective representation & are well informed by a vigorous Free Press -- the minimal requirements for an authentic democracy. Clearly, western democracy is a tragic farce & facade, long since subverted & coopted by Corporate & Special Interests, Inverted Totalitarianism aka technocratic-dictatorship.