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Child Abuse
'Clear dereliction of duty': Taoiseach gives State apology to survivors of paedophile Bill Kenneally
Micheál Martin also said he was ‘profoundly sorry’ that two former Fianna Fáil TDs had failed to protect victims in their response to the case.
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