tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post3802016206664480678..comments2010-01-27T13:45:28.245ZAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-53565729669373756592010-01-27T13:45:28.245Z2010-01-27T13:45:28.245ZMackers I&#39;ve just logged on again after a break..must say the first thing I saw was Seamus&#39; questions..I was wondering about this myself this last while...I have a great respect for Martin Meehan and have no wish to get involved in this personal business but it does seem to be impossible he couldn&#39;t have known. I always found him of good hert and very approachable.<br />I&#39;m confused.larry hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09837849309156970989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-42632206980576325442010-01-24T23:17:53.847Z2010-01-24T23:17:53.847ZHandbags&amp;heelsproject, there is no doubt that the question raised is valid. After I had written the piece on the incident I came across the claim on the Ardoyne Republican blog that a hundred people had protested outside the house. It was news to me. We knew in prison that Martin snr had family difficulties. He left the blanket protest from our wing in H4 as a result of them. I referred to this in an obituary I wrote shortly after his death. The claim about the protest was news to me. I spent quite some time with Martin snr in the jail and with a lot of the Ardoyne men. It is not the type of thing I would be likely to forget if it was mentioned. And I do recall quite a bit of the tittle-tattle from Ardoyne. The claim struck me as strange for two reasons: the first was that it seemed incredible that Martin snr could not have known about the allegations. How do you hide a protest? Secondly, how did SF and its leader not know about them? In any event it raises many questions for me, in particular my expressed view that the father was unaware of it.AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-59579551182861787052010-01-24T22:51:34.473Z2010-01-24T22:51:34.473ZAnthony. I have to say I agree with many points Seamus has made. While having every respect for Martin snr and his role in the army I asked myself the very same questions Seamus has posed and the answers I got were disappointing to say the least. <br /><br />It was common knowledge at the time that local women had picketed this house, horrified at the abuse the children were suffering. Years later when Martin snr&#39;s widow was put up for election the issue of the abuse was raised by many in &#39;the party&#39;, fearful perhaps, not that these children would be traumatised further, but that this would come <br />back to haunt SF.<br /><br />How any parent can disregard the abuse of their child is beyond mehandbags&amp;heelsprojecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13651961713398933060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-80654349541732547652010-01-23T23:55:33.598Z2010-01-23T23:55:33.598ZSeamus, getting to you is it?AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-11474565994669166302010-01-23T23:25:59.630Z2010-01-23T23:25:59.630ZAre you now so twisted in your hatred of the Republican Movement to align yourself with Mairtin Og in living in the other-world to believe that Martin Snr did not know of the abuse? Protests outside the home of Martin Snrs widow of &quot;100 decent people&quot; of Ardoyne and Martin Snr did not get to hear about it even in the Blocks?? The child went to live with her grandmother and Martin did not question this?? In fact he came out of jail and built a life with Briege regardless of the claims his children had made against her, obviously dismissive of them. But then, that was when you were a member of that very Movement. All very well to sit on your shaky pedestal nowSeamushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02447517656121861244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-69078416434103545872010-01-22T18:07:45.993Z2010-01-22T18:07:45.993ZMust say chara, a heartfelt and positive article that helps readers understand why a child was forced to endure unspeakable acts of cruelty...Ardoyne Republicanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05140502091869147279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-42538948580964013452010-01-22T08:55:06.169Z2010-01-22T08:55:06.169ZAnró=&#39;hardship&#39; in Irish. Not sure what Frank Burton meant either when trying to cloak Ardoyne as such, but sadly, an appropriate signifier for such sordid, awful transgressions. I hope Bernadette McAliskey&#39;s challenge to rally around this issue gains some traction and takes off. Any word on reactions to her call?Fionnchúhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16616876266772470719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-76354701358013417312010-01-21T21:23:40.562Z2010-01-21T21:23:40.562ZRE &#39;Crimes against Children – no forgiveness, no forgetfulness. Chase those culpable to the ends of the earth.&#39; Yes comforting words... &#39;Ireland the Necrotic Nation&#39; Anthony. Recidivist evil sly are child abusers. They are masters at deceit/convoluted reasoning/terror. Terrorists in Ireland? =&#39;s child abusersSaint?MaryHedgehoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16562705541432632976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-62536103106062540222010-01-21T18:58:34.635Z2010-01-21T18:58:34.635Zmy fork-n-knife has always had the answer to these bastards,chuck them in a room full of mothersmartyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09814904389826171437noreply@blogger.com