Louise Brangan
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 16 Jul
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It was so entwined in all elements of our lives.
So many people were sent there.
We all lost something and we all have to grieve it.
And whatever reparation needs to come from this, because...
For survivors, this doesn't feel resolved.
It doesn't feel healed.
Whatever healing comes from this surely comes from us all grieving it together, collectively.
So I don't know, I feel like crying over it still is not a bad thing.
Well, that's always going to be the problem with legal languages, because once you push it into that space, it's a case of disproving it.
And that becomes the real tone of the report, I find.
It's everything that didn't happen.
It's not this type of crime.
It's not this...
This type of human rights abuse, of course, I think that's really disputable.
And there's amazing people like Maverick who have done incredible work showing how these are human rights abuses.
But because of that, because of the way the McAleese report was used to show that this wasn't human rights abuse and there's no need for any sort of like criminal or more legal intervention.
That was also what really undid some of the value of Enda Kenny's initial and very emotional apology, because then it seemed like the state had reneged on that very open showing of grief and empathy and a willingness to show contrition.
So, and that has been the official line.
I spoke with people in the Department of Justice who were involved in the course of the writing of the book, and that was what they continued to say.
You know, the McAleese report proves this.
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