Tánaiste Micheál Martin suggested Ireland’s legal system “proved incapable of meeting its responsibilities to Sophie”.
The Tánaiste is facing criticism for expressing a “bar stool opinion” about the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.
He added that the “the evidence against the main suspect was broad and deep” and that Mr Bailey was a “violent man”.“They amount, to be honest with you, to a bar stool opinion,” he said. A still of Sophie Toscan du Plantier from the Netflix documentary 'Sophie: A Murder in West Cork'. Picture by: Netflix
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