Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Similar cases arose previously, one of which led to the Morris tribunal. The previous Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Mr. Dermot Ahern, also established an inquiry into the Noel Keegan case. It is not unprecedented for Ministers, when they see material of this gravity and nature, to take the exceptional step of establishing an independent inquiry to obtain full answers.

The Minister referred briefly to the Mary Lynch case being held in a District Court and diminished the issue by saying he believed in supportive measures for victims. This is not about victims alone, important though that is. The central point-----

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