Inquiry into child abuse at Catholic institutions in Ireland

Since 1824 the Sisters of Bon Secours have brought compassion, healing, and liberation to those they serve.
Whether in healthcare, education or social services, in hospitals, clinics or parishes, in towns and cities or isolated villages, Bon Secours responds to a universal need: To provide to all who suffer a reason to live and a reason to hope.

Please note: this offer excludes infants abandoned by God because their mother was a whore

re lack of coverage of this domestically

chairman of rte board is director of the firm handling the nuns pr apparently

I thought RTE were covering it now? They seem to have a good bit on the site atm. Was just reading this > http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0606/622045-dail-children/

they are now! silence was deafening for days after tho

yeah, "now" obviously the keyword here. I have a lot of problems with them and their obvious slants and biases (and the ridiculous amount of airtime they gave to the 1ona crowd too).

I wanted to go into that more with kev there too.

the Iona/far right balance issue is a case of Irish establishment either believing that there is a silently majority out there cheering Iona on (not my experience but I won't discount it), that 'balance' requires a fifty-fifty share of coverage, airtime and moderation without regard to fact or reason (def don't discount this) or that fuckit, its better TV to have the most partisan loudmouths possible on there regardless of misrepresentation.

all options are profoundly depressing so I turn gladly to conspiracy tbph

so my dad just found out that his grandparents were his granduncle/aunt- his grandmother was packed off to Dublin to have the child and was on the boat to the states a fortnight later. she never saw her son again despite returning to Ireland twice for him.

she married in NYC, had 6 kids (including a supreme court judge?) and one of her grandchildren made contact with dad today to meet up and trade stories.

all because lol catholic church lol ireland lol 1911, giving kid to your brother to raise and leaving home forever was the better alternative.

hmm seems more likely a court of appeals judge, nm

well then, only the court of appeals you say. then he's hardly made a noise in the world at all.

ugh he's an anti death penalty campaigner imma call dad back tell him to call the whole thing off

my old parish priest back in the news
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-34504729

I had an auntie who turned out be my half-sister. I got relegated to some foam on the floor for 4 years when she moved into our 2 bedroom house, it was an early lesson in dread lol catholicism for me :(

sort of on topic:p

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/14/cesnik-nun-murder-maskell_n_7267532.html

I am watching my national news service running a major story on a woman that was miraculously healed after visiting a shrine in my home county where the virgin mary appeared on a gable along with sundry others in 1879 and tear this fucking country down please

Knock? Easily the creepiest place in the country I’ve ever been to.

ive conducted housing interviews in day-long batches there and v noticeable strain of crazy vs the other six centres

Knock do some cracking holy water though, it might have cured me of the bollocking I got for greedily drinking a gulp of it once whilst "pooching" in the grown-up section of the childhood slum!

I didn't dare replace it with tap water lest i got struck down.