The liberal élite are evidently determined that the horrific revelations from Roscommon must claim as many victims as possible. Not only must the Constitution be changed, as we heard yesterday, but those who have campaigned for the rights of the family in Ireland for decades must be smeared as well.
This article in today's Irish Times devotes a lot of space to the excellent Mina Bean Uí Chroibín as well as Youth Defence and Cóir - before admitting, so casually you'd barely notice it, that
"nothing was said in court this week to link any of these groups to the woman at the centre of the case."
The childcare manager contacted by Bean Uí Chroibín is also quoted as saying that there is "no evidence" she was involved with the woman's application.
Nothing? No evidence? Then why, for heaven's sake, devote an entire article to trying to smear these people? It's done incredibly subtly. One section begins with the words "Youth defence also provided the girl's father with a legal team ..." and if you were just skimming the article, you might think that Youth Defence were involved in the Roscommon woman's application. Only if you were reading carefully would you see that the case referred to here is the unrelated "C" Case. The context makes it look as if the Roscommon woman is involved.
I suppose we shouldn't be surprised. This isn't the first time that Carol Coulter, one of the article's co-authors, has made out the facts of a case to be very different from what they really were, confining the truth to a single sentence buried away in the middle of an article.
But since the only "dirt" they manage to find on Bean Uí Chroibín is that she has helped run a post office for years, has campaigned tirelessly for the Irish language, is devoted to the Traditional Latin Mass, has helped numerous families in north Co. Dublin and is one of the city's Unsung Heroes, I'd call it a pretty poor smear job.
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Great article and analysis, good to see this blog! well done
He's too busy blogging to answer his friends' emails! Sniff.
I won't even try to pretend that I'm disinterested. I'm not.
I remember Mína Bean Uí Chribín's contributions to Irish life, probably since a time before you were born, though in those days she was known as Mena Cribben.
Please forgive me for putting it like that: I don't intend to sound in any way patronising, but judging from your photo, I suspect you don't remember the sixties.
All that aside, I would like to know why Bean Uí Chribín was making contact with the Health Board official who was dealing with the case.
What was her standing in the matter? Can you clarify this please?
I have not consulted her on this, but I assume she was not fully aquainted with the wretched facts of the case, and that she saw it as a straightforward battle between a struggling mother and an interfering state. Her heart is definitely in the right place. She does not deserve the abuse she is getting from the media at present.
Peter: I'll get back to you tomorrow, keep your hair on.
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