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I trust Dr David Gwynn Morgan has a remit, as part of “Pathways into Institutions” (2) below, to investigate why it was necessary to commit the under 7 year olds to Industrial Schools via the courts under the guise of the 1908 Children’s Act, the State, the Judges and the directors of Industrial Schools fully knowing that they were riding roughshod over the rights of children not old enough, nor capable of committing such crimes, worse, unable to defend themselves, nor given any counsel, so to do. Is Dr David going to recommend that those children, such as I was, who were treated in this way are exonerated and their details deleted from District Court Minutes Books, further, are they to receive an apology for the wrongful, illegal acts bestowed upon them in direct breach of both the Irish Constitution 1937 and The International Convention of Human Rights 1950 and its Protocols? Or is Ireland and its current governors just going to do another magic act, by sweeping this scandal under its carpets, as it has become so very good at doing up to now?
Martin John Petty