Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I listened while others were talking about the upcoming anniversary. There is another anniversary coming up, as the Taoiseach is aware, with regard to Ballyseedy. People may or may not know of the incident, nearly 100 years ago, when eight prisoners were taken from custody, tied to a landmine and blown up. I recently spoke to the nephew of one of the men who was killed. He is upset that, following the massacre, a court of inquiry was established and the results of that inquiry were read into the Dáil record, stating, "The civilians in question lost their lives in explosions while removing obstructions on the road placed there by Irregulars." That is clearly not the case, which, in fairness to the Taoiseach, he has acknowledged. I will be writing to the Ceann Comhairle to see how the Dáil record can be corrected. I am asking the Taoiseach to support us in our endeavours to ensure that happens and to acknowledge those events did not happen in the way suggested.

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