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January 2006 Archives'Victim' to tell court about nightmare of abuse with nuns Tuesday January 31st 2006 Brian McDonald DETAILS of horrific abuse at an industrial school run by nuns in Connemara are expected to be unveiled to the High Court this week. A woman in her 60s is set to outline... HAS ANYTHING CHANGED?Response to child abuse claims criticised Carl O'Brien 30/01/2006 The ombudsman for children has expressed concern that health authorities may not be responding adequately to reports of child abuse, following a series of complaints to her office. Sixty-one child protection... Priestly life is absurd Sunday January 29th 2006 Sir - I congratulate Emer O'Kelly for so eloquently castigating the Catholic church in Ireland for the circus it has become. Ms O'Kelly, has the honesty to expose, in an objective and almost sympathetic way,... NORA WALL- REPLY BY RTE Subject: reply to email Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 16:28:10 -0000 From: "Peter Feeney" Dear Mr Connor, The Information Office has forwarded to me your email of 9 January. You obviously know a great deal more about Nora Wall... NORA WALL & RTETo: Peter Feeney Head of Public Affairs Policy Radio Telefis Eireann Donnybrook Dublin 4 9 January 2006 Dear Mr. Feeney, I refer to my partial reply yesterday to your letter dated 6 December concerning Nora Wall and RTE. You stated... Compensation bill for abuse victims could reach ?1.35bn Compensation bill for abuse victims could reach ?1.35bn Martin Wall 27/01/2006 The bill for compensation paid to the victims of abuse in orphanages and industrial schools could reach ?1.35 billion, the D?il Public Accounts Committee has heard, write Martin... DPP to take test case over sex abuse trial delaysTuesday January 24th 2006 Ann O Loughlin THE DPP has asked the courts to decide a number of important issues which could have implications for hundreds of sex abuse cases in the pipeline. The DPP has applied to the High... Guilt and Innocence and who to believe Dear Editor, Side by side with the shocking wave of sex abuse cases and allegations that have rocked the nation in recent years have been the equally shocking and horrific false allegations of abuse that have utterly destroyed God... Church throws out its integrity with the baby's bath water Sunday January 22nd 2006 AM I missing something here? A man in a position of public trust breaks a solemn oath freely undertaken, and it is a "private matter" for which he is to be "allowed space". So is... Casey still at centre of garda probe 21 January 2006 21:18 Former Bishop of Galway Dr Eamon Casey, who is set to return to Ireland, is said to be still at the centre of a garda investigation following a complaint made by a woman. He will... Hate sites highlight need for proper values 21/01/2006 Hateboard.com has been in the news because of the vicious nature of the comments posted on it by young users. One person on the site, obviously stunned at the puerile and crude nature of most of the posts,... Bishop Casey to come back from his exile Saturday January 21st 2006 Galway lined up as his new home after 14 years out of the country Edel Kennedy and Brian McDonald BISHOP Eamonn Casey is to return to Galway in the immediate future to work and see... DPP decides rape claim priest won't face charges Friday January 20th 2006 Edel Kennedy A WOMAN who claims she was raped by a priest was last night said to be "devastated" after the Director of Public Prosecutions decided not to bring charges against the cleric. But the... Leave the priest aloneFriday January 20th 2006 Sir - Isn't it a shocking state of affairs when a 73-year-old man, priest or no priest, has to vanish and disappear because he fathered a child with a woman half his age. He should be... Priest will not face charges over claims19 January 2006 21:58 A catholic priest, who was suspended from his parish duties in the Archdioceses of Tuam following a newspaper report that he was being investigated for alleged rape, is not to be prosecuted. Details of the garda... Celibacy row rages after priest fathers child By Senan Hogan THE revelation that a Galway-based priest has resigned after fathering a child by a 31-year-old woman has re-ignited the debate about celibacy in the Church. Father Maurice Dillane, a curate in the Woodford-Looscaun parish in east... Time to put celibacy issue to bed in name of the fathers Thursday January 19th 2006 THE fathering of a child in rural east Galway by septuagenarian priest Fr Mossie Dillane with a young schoolteacher has once more thrown the celibacy issue to the fore with a vengeance. It has also... Retired priest facing child abuse probe18 January 2006 22:04 A retired Catholic priest, who worked in Co Galway in the diocese of Clonfert, is being investigated for alleged child sex abuse. The Bishop of Clonfert, Dr John Kirby, has said the allegations related to a... Priest started affair when woman was 22Thursday January 19th 2006 Brian McDonald and Edel Kennedy THE 73-year-old priest who had a baby with a 31-year-old woman was in a relationship with her for nine years. Details of the couple's affair emerged last night as they went... Take action on all 'hate sites' Tuesday January 17th 2006 Sir - In reference to the article on January 11 (Top city school shattered at pupil remarks on 'hate site'), it is not surprising to discover that cyber-bullying exists in our schools today - even... Reporting abuse in time Monday January 16th 2006 Sir - On January 11, a Central Criminal Court judge threw out a case of child abuse on the grounds that too much time had elapsed (18 years) between the incidents and the reporting of... Silence hides this injusticeJohn Waters 16/01/2006 In his recent autobiography, John McGahern describes the routine brutality of his teachers when he was at school in the 1940s. "I have seen men my own age grow strange with anger when recalling their schoolings," he... The 'unfortunate' life and times of children in the care of the Brothers Saturday January 14th 2006 The Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse held a public session of its investigation committee on Tuesday. Three institutions were involved, all of them called after St Joseph. The Christian Brothers ran the industrial school... Youth who died 'had been beaten' Patsy McGarry, Religious Affairs Correspondent 11/01/2006 A Christian Brothers provincial yesterday said it was "admitted" that a 16-year-old boy who died on February 9th, 1958, at St Joseph's industrial school Tralee was beaten beforehand "by a Brother in the... Emotional nuns apologise for hurt caused to children Wednesday January 11th 2006 Fergus Black TWO senior nuns from the Sisters of Mercy yesterday made emotional apologies for the hurt caused to former residents of industrial schools run by the order. They told a public hearing of the... Boy died after being beaten by industrial school Brother Wednesday January 11th 2006 Fergus Black A YOUNG boy died in hospital days after he was beaten by a Christian Brother in an industrial school, it was revealed yesterday. And another Christian Brother who broke a child's jaw was... Evidence continues at child abuse inquiry 10 January 2006 15:42 The Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse has been hearing details of how a former Christian Brother was moved between three industrial schools in the 1950s and 1960s. The brother in question was known to... Solicitors? firms face overcharging disciplinary inquiry By Se?n McC?rthaigh A DOZEN firms of solicitors are facing a formal disciplinary inquiry over allegations that they overcharged clients who received awards from the Residential Institutions Redress Board. The Law Society of Ireland confirmed yesterday that it has... Tribunal to hear 22 complaints on solicitors Patsy McGarry, Religious Affairs Correspondent 10/01/2006 The Law Society has referred 22 complaints involving 12 solicitors' firms to the Solicitors' Disciplinary Tribunal for inquiry over alleged double charging in redress board cases. In a statement yesterday, it pointed out... Solicitors in charges probe could be struck offTuesday January 10th 2006 Fergus Black A DOZEN firms of solicitors are to face a disciplinary tribunal for overcharging clients who sought compensation for abuse in industrial schools. They could end up being struck off the roll of solicitors if... STATES OF FEAR "witch hunt"To: Peter Feeney Head of Public Affairs Policy Radio Telefis Eireann Donnybrook Dublin 4 Dear Mr. Feeney, Thank you for your letter of 6 December 2005 in reply to mine dated 1st December regarding Nora Wall and Pablo McCabe. I... What the politicians should do when they meet the bishopsSaturday January 7th 2006 The Roman Catholic Church and the Irish State are once again in conflict over 'Our Children, Our Church', the child protection guidelines published by the Church before Christmas. The conflict is a complicated one. This is... Defending charity Love Friday January 6th 2006 Sir - I refer to the article by Fergus Black (January 4). The Charity Let Our Voices Emerge (Love) was NOT set up to defend the reputation of industrial schools. It was set up to... NORA WALLDear Editor This may be far too late but I have never done an article before and this is only one quarter of it, though the crucial bit. The other three parts (almost concluded) are: The fall of the Reynolds... PUBLIC HEARINGSThe Investigation Committee of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse currently proposes to hold a public hearing in relation to the following schools: St. Joseph's Industrial School, Dundalk St. Joseph's Industrial School, Clifden St. Joseph's Industrial School, Tralee on... Victims 'couldn't say no' to award Wednesday January 4th 2006 Industrial schools charity admits abused members gave in to cash lure of compensation Fergus Black A CHARITY set up by former inmates to defend the reputation of industrial schools admitted yesterday that a majority of... Final bill for victims of abuse could hit ?1.3bn All-party committee will re-examine deal and the fallout for taxpayers Kathy Donaghy THE high-powered Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is set to re-examine the controversial Church/State deal to cover compensation claims by victims of abuse in residential institutions.Committee Chairman Michael... Statement of Redress BoardTuesday, 11th May 2004 THE ALLIANCE COMMITTEE PUBLISH HERE AGAIN THE STATEMENT BY THE REDRESS BOARD TO COUNTER ANY MISLEADING INFORMATION EMENATING IN THE PRESS. The Residential Institutions Redress Board notes that inaccurate information has been disseminated concerning the settlement... Abuse victims penalised for demanding full hearingHelen Murray ABUSE victims have claimed they are being penalised for demanding a full hearing before the Residential Redress Board. Survivors' support groups have received a number of complaints from abuse victims claiming they have received reduced levels of compensation... NORA WALL (SOURCES 2)Final Sources? (apart from one). Rory Rory Connor wrote: Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 00:08:35 +0000 (GMT) From: Rory Connor Subject: Sources for Nora Wall article (2) To: Hopefully this covers the other sources. Magill Magazine January 2000. This article... SOURCES FOR NORA WALL ARTIVLEMy sources (or some of them). Rory Connor Rory Connor wrote: Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 16:58:58 +0000 (GMT) From: Rory Connor Subject: Sources for Nora Wall article To: Just in case I don't survive the Bank Holiday weekend I... The Death of PATSY FLANAGANThis is self-explatatory. Rory Connor wrote: Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 00:19:09 +0000 (GMT) From: Rory Connor Subject: Fwd: MARY RAFTERY AND THE DEATH OF PATSY FLANAGAN This is the key article which shows that Mary Raftery is lying. Rory... Religious must break silence on indemnity ?deal? with the State30/12/05 WE in the Let Our Voices Emerge (LOVE) charity challenge CORI (Congress of Religious in Ireland) to stop protecting the State by keeping the promise of silence requested by the State on the so-called indemnity deal on child abuse.... CATHOLIC CHURCH AND CHILD ABUSE GUIDELINES Madam, - In regard to comment about the use of "reasonable grounds for concern" as the basis for reporting allegations or concerns of child abuse in the recently published Catholic Church document, "Our Children, Our Church", I refer to... |