Mick Clifford: The cynical use of a tragedy to play politics
Lucia O’Farrell with a photo of her son Shane. She has campaigned for a public inquiry into her son’s death. File photo: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie
This is a column I really didn’t want to write, but in light of the depths of cynicism plumbed by some politicians it couldn’t be ignored. What has happened to Jim O’Callaghan? Just last year the current Minister for Justice threw grave doubts on a report into an issue of vital public interest. Today, he has a very different take on it.
The minister is just one of a whole raft of politicians who have, in my opinion, given false impression to a bereaved family that they support the family’s quest for a public inquiry. O’Callaghan has been found out because he now is in government. All the others have the luxury of carrying on regardless.
