Judge told: ‘We just want to be normal kids’

ONE of the young children abused in the Roscommon case told a High Court judge: “We just want to be normal kids.”

It was clear the simple but moving remarks had impacted on Justice John MacMenamin as he described his meeting with the youngsters.

After speaking with the siblings informally and away from lawyers, the judge gave a touching description of their fears and their remarkable dignity.