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Tipperary - Terrible Child Abuse - What have Fianna Fail done?

Dannyboy83 · 2009-03-17 00:36:13

I was reading this book, just finished: In it, he had a number of interesting and somewhat shocking stories. Perhaps the most interesting story for me was the fact that a judge in Cork, presiding over a number of child abuse cases, slumped head first into his desk. After 5 minutes with his head in his hands, yelled out :…

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17-03-2009 1:36am

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Dannyboy83

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I was reading this book, just finished:

Inside Man - Life as an Irish Prison Officer by Phillip Bray
http://www.gillmacmillan.ie/Ecom/Library3.nsf/CatalogByCategory/5AC7A63CB36ED37B8025745E0052F86D?OpenDocument

In it, he had a number of interesting and somewhat shocking stories.

Perhaps the most interesting story for me was the fact that a judge in Cork, presiding over a number of child abuse cases, slumped head first into his desk.
After 5 minutes with his head in his hands, yelled out :
"Men of Tipperary, will ye leave yer children alone!!!"

According to Philip Bray, Tipperary is/was by far the worst county for Child Abuse and incest.

What I want to know is:
A) Is this actually true?
What have Fianna Fail done to tackle child abuse in Ireland?
C) Is it still a big problem in Tipperary or in Ireland?

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