Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Tánaiste was in Ballyseedy last weekend. No doubt he heard the documentary makers and historians say that the Dáil record which recorded the results of the court of inquiry established by one of his predecessors should be changed. The Tánaiste stated that what happened in Ballyseedy was premeditated murder. He knows that the account to the effect that the prisoners involved were clearing a mine is false. He met some of the victims' family members and told one of them that in time the Dáil record should be amended. However, he also said that we should not rush it. One hundred years have passed. In order to achieve proper truth and reconciliation, will the Tánaiste accept here and now that the account that was read into the Dáil record is false and should be corrected?

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