Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)

What he said was that the Deputies should have returned to their sources and pressed them further for more information or evidence backing up the allegations. He said the tribunal was concerned that public representatives would receive and act upon such serious and sensational allegations without pressing their sources of information. That is all he was asking, not for a full inquiry as Deputy Howlin and former Deputy Jim Higgins suggested when the report was published.

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