Coalition deal with Church a fiasco

IF ever a government walked into a deal with its eyes wide shut, the Coalition did so in its controversial decision to indemnify the Church against compensation claims from victims of child abuse.

The Irish Examiner has already revealed that Finance Minister Charlie McCreevy was so unhappy with the deal being brokered between the Department of Education and 21 religious orders that he wrote to former Education Minister Michael Woods to voice his concerns. Yet, despite those misgivings, the Cabinet

collectively gave it the green light.