Paudie McGahon

McGahon case: “This stuff keeps resurrecting and it’s not going away.”

Mick Fealty on March 13, 2015, 10:50 am

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As John O’Dowd pretty much took a hammering from everyone on BBC’s The View last night, it was not a great deal better on RTE’s Prime Time. Here’s some extract Fran McNulty’s film at the beginning of the programme: Denis Bradley: Just hold up their hands and say this happened it shouldn’t have happened this was the context, it shouldn’t have happened. And therefore we accept responsibility for that. Most of these actions just can’t be defended. And Sinn Fein …

Gerry Adams: Guidelines or Rules? What rules?

The Firemen on March 12, 2015, 6:06 pm

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As the Gardaí confirm that a file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions relating to the alleged sexual assault of Paudie McGahon and another male in the 1990s, further questions are being asked of Sinn Fein’s handling of the issue. Gerry Adams, and his party, accept that both Maíria Cahill and Paudie McGahon were raped. Both allege they were assaulted by senior figures in the republican movement. As Miriam Lord in today’s Irish Times reports: Broadcaster Pat Kenny …

“If a member of any branch of Fine Gael around the country was exiled, I would find him or her in 10 minutes.”

Mick Fealty on March 12, 2015, 5:10 pm

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Okay, on the basis that most of the outputs around the Paudie McGahan story are repetitive and, frankly, depressing, let’s turn to Miriam Lord (€)… Why is Sinn Féin being singled out here? It’s most unfair. You can’t expect a political party/republican movement the size of Sinn Fein to know about every senior IRA operative who’s been accused of sex abuse. And you certainly can’t expect the party leader to know, particularly as he was never in the IRA. The …

Sinn Fein on sex abuse: “We cannot allow anyone to use ignorance as an excuse for their failure to report”

Mick Fealty on March 12, 2015, 6:36 am

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I see Jude is with Francie Molloy [0.9] in his disapproval of Paudie McGahan’s testimony on Tuesday’s Spotlight programme. But it’s worth sharing Elaine Byrne’s perspective (Author of Political Corruption in Ireland) from the night of the broadcast: 1. What follows are extracts of Dáil speeches by @sinnfeinireland representatives on child sex abuse scandals. #SpotlightNI — Elaine Byrne (@ElaineByrne) March 10, 2015 2. Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: "The crimes were compounded by the cover-ups…" #SpotlightNI https://t.co/OZkhqekZkt — Elaine Byrne (@ElaineByrne) March 10, …

Running out of tricks?

The Firemen on March 11, 2015, 6:17 pm

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