‘Spreading muck on the floor of the Dáil’ – Máiría Cahill accuses Sinn Féin of fostering ‘culture of secrecy’ on child protection.
Mary Lou McDonald’s attempt to ‘spread muck all around the floor of the Dáil’ regarding the child sex offender references scandal ‘does nobody any favours whatsoever,’ Máiría Cahill has warned.
“For the last two weeks in the North of Ireland, there has been a drip feed of information coming out which effectively, has caused confusion in the public arena,” she said.Ms Cahill claimed Sinn Féin has a “pattern” of behaviour when it comes to dealing with the media regarding sex abuse cases – suggesting the party only gives out information when it is forced to do so and even then, does so in a ‘drip feed’ manner.
“With Pat Kenny yesterday, she sounds perfectly plausible and all of that's fine, we have to give her the benefit of the doubt on it,” said Ms Cahill.
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