Reaction would have breached blasphemy law

IF Fianna Fáil’s ill-conceived blasphemy law had already been passed, it would have been broken all over the country by anyone who had read, watched or heard the testimony from people like Christine Buckley and thousands of others who had suffered as children.

What type of government is worried more about people taking God’s name in vain rather than the suffering of God’s children? I am furious at the years of inaction from governments, church and state bodies while so many kids endured torture in our industrial schools, with no one to answer their cries.

Tim Hourigan