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Friday 23 October 2020
Cahill said she received a qualified apology from the Sinn Féin leader.
The 79-year-old actress did not reveal who was responsible for the abuse.
Social workers also cleared the 52-year-old of wrongdoing following interviews with the couple, their children and witnesses.
An RTÉ programme alleged children were left with a foster family for several years despite abuse claims.
Now 64, he said he was later “fobbed off” by social workers.
A spokesperson for Facebook had said that the video was not in breach of its rules and “depicts a form of baby yoga”.
The list of abusers was given anonymously to the Sinn Féin leader.
The Sinn Féin deputy leader has been making her first public comments on the latest abuse claims.
The tweet was sent after the BBC programme aired new claims about abuse in the republican movement last night.
Adams discussed the Mairia Cahill controversy in an interview with TheJournal.ie this week.
The Sinn Féin president was responding to the singer’s claims she was molested by a member of the party when she was a child.
The Health Minister has been speaking about the shocking footage broadcast by RTÉ last week.
The party has written to Ceann Comhairle Seán Barrett over last week’s row at Leaders’ Questions.
Maíria Cahill spoke last night to RTÉ’s Saturday Night Show.
Cahill also claims the Dublin TD laughed and checked her phone during speeches.
“This is a man who likes to compare himself to Mandela, he is now comparing himself to Michael Collins.”
Micheál Martin said that as many as 28 victims are now considering coming forward.
There was a heated three-hour debate in the Dáil today, stemming from allegations made by Maíria Cahill.
She added that Maíria Cahill made a brave decision to come forward.
“These are not isolated cases. They are the tip of an iceberg.”
Here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening in Irish politics right now…
The Taoiseach said the Sinn Féin leader was “somebody who knows quite a lot about the IRA movement.”
Gerry Adams has said he’s “not surprised.”
The Taoiseach will meet with the four people named in the BBC Spotlight programme that sparked the controversy.
Analysis: Two opinion polls over the weekend will not make great reading for Gerry Adams’s party.
The woman who alleges she was raped by a senior member of the IRA says going public has come at a great cost to her.
Fianna Fáil’s Timmy Dooley said it wasn’t good enough for Sinn Féin to take a step back from the Mairia Cahill scandal.
“Processes have been undermined before they have even begun.”
Cahill called on Sinn Féin to condemn the post.
Here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening in Irish politics right now…
The Belfast woman who claims she was raped by an IRA member met with Enda Kenny this morning.
A statement from solicitors representing Padraic Wilson, Seamus Finucane, Briege Wright and Maura McCrory has responded to the “unprecedented media onslaught”.
Yesterday, the Taoiseach said no member of Sinn Féin could guarantee there was no cover-up of abuse.
The exchange surrounds the handling of Maíria Cahill’s claims that she was raped by a member of the IRA and then interrogated by the organisation.
The Sinn Féin deputy leader has defended Adams in the wake of claims about how he dealt with abuse allegations in the republican movement.
Sinn Féin’s finance spokesperson has hit back at the Fianna Fáil leader over claims he made about the Republican movement last night.
The Sinn Féin deputy leader has mounted a strong defence of her party president this morning.
The Fianna Fáil leader alleges that in a number of cases, the Republican movement did not alert authorities – instead, they decided to deal with the reports internally. Sinn Féin has criticised the remarks.
‘I have listened to the ding from lots critics and I am going to Qatar to listen to the dong.’
Ray Teret charged with multiple counts of rape and assault on 15 accusers who were all under age of 16 at time.
US PRESIDENT DONALD Trump and former vice president Joe Biden took part in another debate last night, the final head-to-head before voting on 3 November.
The previous debate was fractious and almost unwatchable as the pair shouted over each other, but last night was more measured by comparison.
Trump denied being racist, saying no US president since Abraham Lincoln has “done what I’ve done for the black community”. Biden then said Trump “pours fuel on every single racist fire” and claimed he “has a dog whistle about as big as a fog horn”.
You can catch up on the main points here.
Did you stay up to watch the debate, or catch highlights this morning?
If you did, we want to know: Who won last night’s US election debate?
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