Laffoy crisis - Commission plan must be made clear

THE Laffoy time bomb is still ticking. Despite its desperate bid to calm the storm and convince victims to accept proposals aimed at defusing the child abuse controversy, the Government is still on the ropes.

Despite a robust defence of the Government's position by Education Minister Noel Dempsey, the unprecedented controversy generated by Ms Justice Mary Laffoy's resignation as chairperson of the commission, shows no sign of abating.

Doubts will persist in the minds of victims as to the bona fides of the Government in relation to the work of a commission investigating the State's dark secrets.