Brendan Ryan (Labour)

Many, including myself, fulminate about law and order. Yesterday in Cork, the family of a murdered girl showed extraordinary generosity in their response to the family of the man who murdered her. We all could reflect on this and choose our words a little more carefully when discussing some of these horrendous crimes. If the family of a victim can be as forgiving as that, perhaps all of us in the system, besides our otherwise correct concern about crime, could learn a little bit about the fact that forgiveness is also a part of moving on in life.