Brian Rossiter
Vincent Browne has taken this story to heart. It is an extremely serious incident, and one that I believe people do not know enough about. In fact it’s not extremely serious, it’s blatantly and...
View ArticleMae Sexton on Vincent Browne
Last Thursday, June 23rd, there was a discussion on the Vincent Browne show on RTE Radio 1. The panel included various politicians, including Mae Sexton, PD TD for Longford/Roscommon. The debate in...
View ArticleAnthony O'Sullivan on 5-7 Live
It took RTE a while to cop onto the Brian Rossiter story. I started posting about it on Friday June 24th, prompted by Vincent Browne. While the VB show is broadcast on RTE, it took the RTE news...
View ArticleMcDowell defends Rossiter inquiry
The mechanism being used to investigate the death of Brian Rossiter is a rather odd one, and McDowell has come under fire because of it: The Minister for Justice has insisted that the inquiry he has...
View ArticleRossiters believe inquiry terms too narrow
As I expected would happen, the family of Brian Rossiter consider that the terms of the Dublin Police Act are not enough for an investigation into the death of their son. It seemed to me like a rather...
View ArticleRossiters to boycott inquiry into son's death
The parents of Brian Rossiter have decided to boycott the inquiry into their son’s death, and the story was making the rounds in the evening news stories yesterday. McDowell was on Morning Ireland this...
View ArticleBrian Rossiter case – A State secret
Brian Rossiter (14) was found unconscious in a cell in Clonmel Garda Station following his arrest in the town on 10 September 2002. He died a few days later. Despite repeated calls for an independent...
View ArticleRTEs reporting of the Rossiter case
I was puzzled and to some degree I’m still puzzled by RTE’s coverage of the Brian Rossiter report. The presenter of Today with Pat Kenny (See previous post) clearly said to Philip Boucher Hayes, who...
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