McAleese should speak up for bombing victims

Freed from the constitutional constraints of the presidency, Mary McAleese, as a private citizen, rebuked Pope Francis for his qualified support for corporal punishment in the home, despite the Catholic Church being a signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

McAleese has the power to focus public attention.

On May 17, 1974, 34 people in Dublin and Monaghan were killed by bombs.