Deputy Ruairi Quinn speaking on the Ryan Report

[@aok1951]

Great speech. The man was speaking more truth than h knew at the time.

[@Boreas74]

Excellent speech. About time these things were said.

[@celticlofts]

At the end of the day it is we the people who must accept the final responsabliity for what happened to those children because it is we the people who gave the power to the church to abuse and I think it's tme we faced up to that fact.

[@SteveOSpielberg]

all fine words

[@celticlofts]

I agree..

[@ferryhouse77]

the problem "I" have, is, why it 'took so long' for the government to 'attack each other' over what 'each party' knew what was happening....its seems an abdication...by the government, to blame the religious....but not themselves...they did, recmember, emply a burser in that building...who had been 'knon' to have abused children (in industrial school in clonmel), but when the pressure got too much...they sacked him...(with his pension still intact; and what are the victims getting?

[@GuyAwoke]

Yep the blasphemy law has left me completely baffled, it's quite extraordinary. The last desperate whimper of a country being dragged kicked and screaming into the 21st century from it's ultra conservative past. I think everyone should just leave in protest. Really it's that serious.....collectivism at its Irish worst.

[@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.

[@RAMSEY1987]

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

[@massyfergson]

explain?

[@mollyfluffy]

Sick sick sick