Bail revoked for Irish father who raped daughter for ten years as judge apologizes- VIDEO

Don't pretend to understand the need to go public? This case should have been heard in camera, like all family law cases. Smacks of vindictiveness to me. Smacks of a media circus to me. And not a little celebrity victimhood. All memory is reconstruction. We all face our own karma in the end.

It looks like the Irish judiciary is finally hearing the strong voice of Irish mothers, girls, and single women. Deo gratias!

palmeiras, I am not proud, I am very proud. Ireland is a great place to visit for a week or two, to catch up with family and old friends, but I could never liver there again. The archaic thinking that permeates society there would drive me over the edge. The gombeenism, evidenced this week by the Healy-Raes and judge Carney, would drive me to drink excessively.

SarahinLA, if you are ashamed of your Irish connections, that's your decision; but are u proud of your "great" adopted country. Vietnam, Iraq and many other murderous invasions. Also, today is the 40 th anniversary of Roe v Wade. What a gift your new country gave to the world. Now, go watch your violent movie and make sure all your 7 guns (national U.S. average) are fully loaded.

Thank God this man is finally in custody! These kind of horrors happen all over the world. There are sick people everywhere. It's very sad that nothing was done about this abuse for 40 years! What a great Taoiseach, Enda Kenny!

Reading and hearing about the way this poor lady was treated in relation to her repeated rape by her sick father makes me ashamed to have Irish connections. I heard last night that this lady, when a young lady, filed a report with the police (garda), but there is no record of this complaint. She was treated at a hospital in Ireland for a sexually transmitted disease while very young and no-one at that hospital saw fit to report it. The old practice in Ireland of 'turning a blind eye'. Then this judge, having sentenced her father to 12 years, with 9 suspended, granted him bail to appeal. Disgraceful justice. The judge then, influenced by public opinion reversed his decision and confined the man to custody.This is akin to Herrod's treatment of Jesus in the bible. On top of all this, those gombeen people called Healy-Rae are making fools of Irish people globally. Not a good week for Ireland. Many of them are living seventy years in the past. I am glad I escaped.