Questions and Answers tonight 25/05

giftgrub

anyone watching this?

The old guy who was abused lashing out at Noel Dempsey

Powerful stuff, fair play to him

Sir Oxman

I am stunned.

What that man said...what that man said...

jon1981

heart breaking stuff...

Max Power1

giftgrub wrote: »

anyone watching this?

The old guy who was abused lashing out at Noel Dempsey

Powerful stuff, fair play to him

Was just thinking the same thing. Fair play.

We need more people to speak up - the "apology" and "report" is a sham.

Lets hope people adjust their contributions to the catholic church on a sunday accordingly.

slippy wicket

That really brought a tear to my eye, he really brought home to me the horrors that those poor people suffered. Shame!!!

neilled

He tore strips of dempsy.....

Teferi

+1. It was awfully moving altogether.

Aidric

I'd say he had everyone in his throes when he was delivering that piece from the heart. He pretty much summed up how everyone is feeling.

qwert2

giftgrub wrote: »

anyone watching this?

The old guy who was abused lashing out at Noel Dempsey

Powerful stuff, fair play to him

Absolutley heatbreaking what he said. Good point he also made to that Fine Gael TD about his leader making a political football out of it.

Tiriel

The poor man. How hard that must have been, so public - but it will open eyes.

lolli

very heart breaking watching that

madds

Jesus, I shed a few tears listening to that gentleman. Horrific stuff. First time I've ever seen a PT panel be completely silent after a member of the audience tore lumps out of them.

markopantelic

I felt so sad for the guy.

hellboy99

It was heart breaking to watch and took some guts to come out and say what he did, the people that committed them horrific acts should be behind bars.

Leslie91

hellboy99 wrote: »

It was heart breaking to watch and took some guts to come out and say what he did, the people that committed them horrific acts should be behind bars.

Hear hear......

If they don't pay for their crimes here and now, I trust they will when they go to meet 'their maker'. How ironic, people of God my Arze.

LittleRose

The most powerful thing I have ever seen. Fair play to that man, all that he suffered as a child and then to be humiliated and accused of lying by the barristers at the redress trial. It just goes to show, the pain of a child abused is never-ending, a life sentence.

As someone said on the radio yesterday, a man in a white dress, in Parada slippers, standing on a marble altar surrounded by gold has the last say on it all. There aren't words ugly enough in any language to describe those f***ers.

SprostonGreen

What that man said was powerful. Just waiting for the internet clever clogs to come along and shoot him down.

Its So Easy

Powerful stuff alright. "Remember wexford ? " What did that mean ?

MayoForSam

Heard the excerpt on the radio this morning, was a very moving statement, straight from the heart.

Of course if there is no guy dressed in a white dress surrounded by gold at the end of it all, then a lot of the abusers will never see justice. I doubt if the hard evidence exists to make many more convictions, only posturing by the minister asking the guards to take a look at the abuse report.

And these are the people who reckon atheists have no morals because they don't believe? Give me a break. Kick CORI out of social partnership now.

Q+A will be missed when it finishes soon, at least it gave some ordinary joe soaps the opportunity to speak openly in a public forum now and again (once you were able to weed out the political hacks in the audience first).

The Black Oil

Its So Easy wrote: »

Powerful stuff alright. "Remember wexford ? " What did that mean ?

The Ferns Report, possibly?

Watching this on RTE player now.

Mr E

As The Black Oil said, the show is on RTE's website if anyone wants to watch.

http://www.rte.ie/player/#v=1048655

mike65

Heard the audio on Morning Ireland, there are thousands more like him, woe betide those who try to "placate" them with waffle.

gooneradam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jHqndf9Kx4

JonathanAnon

Agreed with everyone else on this. Was very powerful. Considering that the guy was very emotional, he did extremely well to keep focused on what he was saying and not to use bad language. Well done to him on everything except being a FF'er. How he could remain a FF'er after Michael Woods' sneaky deal I dont know though.

To think that there was nothing done about this makes me so embarrassed to be Irish.

Beau

I can't view it in the iPlayer, the presenter dosen't let the minister respond straight away. Was there any response?

LittleRose

To Michael O'Brien and every other victim / survivor of the abuse and assaults that were carried out on them by the church and state and by society in general that, I, for one, believe you.

And I applaud you for your honesty and courage in coming out telling us about it.

I wish there was a way that the ordinary people, like me, could show our solidarity and compassion.

Does anyone have any ideas?

hellboy99

LittleRose wrote: »

Does anyone have any ideas?

Maybe people / church-goers across the country should show there support and stage a protest one Sunday at mass.

IIMII

****. But it needed to be said. It's a pity it will be forgotten about. Imagine that, dragged into one of those battery hen institutions and being raped 2 days later. Maybe the church might be a better institution without so much property, who knows

Lizzykins

Unbelievable. I don't think I have been that shocked into silence in a long time. What a brave, marvellous man. As someone else said earlier kick CORI out of partnership talks. And lets have a referendum on stripping those orders of everything a la Henry V111.

Nightwish

That was equally heartbreaking and disturbing. I applaud his bravery and honesty to speak out and to put the panel in their place. Well done Micheal O'Brien for speaking out and for telling the nation your story.

qwytre

One of the most powerful speeches I have ever heard. It is a watershed moment in this whole process. Well done to that man for that.