Minister ponders claims top gardaí covered up abuse

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald held meetings this week to discuss allegations that senior gardaí covered up claims of sex abuse in Waterford.

Labour leader Brendan Howlin confirmed that he handed over a comprehensive document compiled by one of Bill Kenneally’s victims detailing a “litany of concerns around the handling of the investigation”.

“There is going to have to be an investigation of some kind and the victims must be at the heart of it,” Mr Howlin told the Irish Examiner.