Cardinal Brady - my part in his downfall
Amongst the 70 or so texts Good Morning Ulster received in relation to their interview with the Catholic primate this morning, one timed at 7:46am read "this is disgraceful behaviour from Mark Devenport - Bishop Brady has explained himself countlessly".
As I was brushing my teeth at the time, I am a mite concerned someone could be sentencing me to a period in purgatory on the grounds of mistaken identity. The ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ suffers from a multitude of Marks, and it wasn't Devenport or Simpson responsible for this morning's rigorous cross examination of the Cardinal, but Mr. Carruthers (who it should be noted got on balance more praise than criticism for his handling of such an important interview).
The travails of the Primate brings back memories of the 1994 crisis in which the Irish state's failure to act to promptly on an extradition request for Brendan Smyth led to the fall of the Fianna Fail Labour coalition. I remember covering the crisis at the time in my capacity as one of the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Network News's Ireland Correspondents. After so many decades of inaction the speed with which the Irish government crumbled (within months of playing an important role in securing the IRA ceasefire) was quite incredible. Having provoked the fall of one Taoiseach, Albert Reynolds, could the paedophile priest play a part in pushing a Cardinal from office?
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