Dangerous bill is anti democratic and should be axed

Just over a week ago, it emerged that the Cabinet did something very “dangerous”. As reported by my colleague Conall Ó Fátharta, ministers agreed to approve a highly controversial and highly dubious piece of legislation. Under the terms of the bill, thousands of testimonies relating to child abuse in residential institutions and related records are to be sealed and “withheld from public scrutiny” for at least 75 years.

That is right. You read correctly. 75 years. There has been some muted consternation at the development, but it seems few enough have seen the potential danger in what is proposed.