* . *
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact
Sunday, June 29, 2025
Earth-News
  • Home
  • Business
  • Entertainment
    Susquehanna Raises Penn Entertainment Inc. (PENN) Price Target. – Yahoo Finance

    Susquehanna Raises Price Target for Penn Entertainment Inc. (PENN)

    George Lopez is coming to Spokane – KXLY.com

    George Lopez is coming to Spokane – KXLY.com

    Netflix unveils Dallas immersive venue for fans of hit shows like ‘Squid Game,’ ‘Stranger Things’ – Houston Chronicle

    Step Inside Netflix’s New Dallas Immersive Experience Featuring Hits Like ‘Squid Game’ and ‘Stranger Things

    ‘Puttin’ on the Ritz’: Civic Players bring ‘Young Frankenstein’ to life – Yahoo

    Civic Players Deliver a Hilarious and Unforgettable Performance of ‘Young Frankenstein

    ‘Wheel of Fortune’: Amputee Wins $60,000 After Breaking Incredible ‘Curse’ – Hastings Tribune

    Wheel of Fortune’ Amputee Breaks Incredible ‘Curse’ to Win $60,000!

    North Star Sports & Entertainment Network: Coming soon – KTTC News

    North Star Sports & Entertainment Network: Coming soon – KTTC News

  • General
  • Health
  • News

    Cracking the Code: Why China’s Economic Challenges Aren’t Shaking Markets, Unlike America’s” – Bloomberg

    Trump’s Narrow Window to Spread the Truth About Harris

    Trump’s Narrow Window to Spread the Truth About Harris

    Israel-Gaza war live updates: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran, group says

    Israel-Gaza war live updates: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran, group says

    PAP Boss to Niger Delta Youths, Stay Away from the Protest

    PAP Boss to Niger Delta Youths, Stay Away from the Protest

    Court Restricts Protests In Lagos To Freedom, Peace Park

    Court Restricts Protests In Lagos To Freedom, Peace Park

    Fans React to Jazz Jennings’ Inspiring Weight Loss Journey

    Fans React to Jazz Jennings’ Inspiring Weight Loss Journey

    Trending Tags

    • Trump Inauguration
    • United Stated
    • White House
    • Market Stories
    • Election Results
  • Science
  • Sports
  • Technology
    Emerging Memory and Storage Technology Market Analysis Report 2025-2034 | AI and HPC Boom Fuels Surging Demand for Fast, Low-Power Memory Devices – Yahoo Finance

    How AI and HPC Are Driving Explosive Growth in Fast, Low-Power Memory Technologies Through 2034

    Ostin Technology (OST): Volatility’s Warning or Contrarian Opportunity? – AInvest

    Ostin Technology (OST): Navigating Market Volatility – Red Flag or Hidden Opportunity?

    St. Francis Medical Center brings advanced robotic surgery technology to Northeast Louisiana – KNOE

    St. Francis Medical Center brings advanced robotic surgery technology to Northeast Louisiana – KNOE

    Wayve Expands Engineering Leadership to Power Next-Gen Autonomous Driving Technology – Silicon Canals

    Wayve Boosts Engineering Leadership to Accelerate Next-Gen Autonomous Driving Innovation

    Frontdoor Announces Tech Expert Dr. Bala Ganesh as Chief Technology Officer – Business Wire

    Frontdoor Appoints Tech Visionary Dr. Bala Ganesh as New Chief Technology Officer

    Defense technology giant Northrop Grumman to host interviews in Iuka to fill technician roles – supertalk.fm

    Defense technology giant Northrop Grumman to host interviews in Iuka to fill technician roles – supertalk.fm

    Trending Tags

    • Nintendo Switch
    • CES 2017
    • Playstation 4 Pro
    • Mark Zuckerberg
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Business
  • Entertainment
    Susquehanna Raises Penn Entertainment Inc. (PENN) Price Target. – Yahoo Finance

    Susquehanna Raises Price Target for Penn Entertainment Inc. (PENN)

    George Lopez is coming to Spokane – KXLY.com

    George Lopez is coming to Spokane – KXLY.com

    Netflix unveils Dallas immersive venue for fans of hit shows like ‘Squid Game,’ ‘Stranger Things’ – Houston Chronicle

    Step Inside Netflix’s New Dallas Immersive Experience Featuring Hits Like ‘Squid Game’ and ‘Stranger Things

    ‘Puttin’ on the Ritz’: Civic Players bring ‘Young Frankenstein’ to life – Yahoo

    Civic Players Deliver a Hilarious and Unforgettable Performance of ‘Young Frankenstein

    ‘Wheel of Fortune’: Amputee Wins $60,000 After Breaking Incredible ‘Curse’ – Hastings Tribune

    Wheel of Fortune’ Amputee Breaks Incredible ‘Curse’ to Win $60,000!

    North Star Sports & Entertainment Network: Coming soon – KTTC News

    North Star Sports & Entertainment Network: Coming soon – KTTC News

  • General
  • Health
  • News

    Cracking the Code: Why China’s Economic Challenges Aren’t Shaking Markets, Unlike America’s” – Bloomberg

    Trump’s Narrow Window to Spread the Truth About Harris

    Trump’s Narrow Window to Spread the Truth About Harris

    Israel-Gaza war live updates: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran, group says

    Israel-Gaza war live updates: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran, group says

    PAP Boss to Niger Delta Youths, Stay Away from the Protest

    PAP Boss to Niger Delta Youths, Stay Away from the Protest

    Court Restricts Protests In Lagos To Freedom, Peace Park

    Court Restricts Protests In Lagos To Freedom, Peace Park

    Fans React to Jazz Jennings’ Inspiring Weight Loss Journey

    Fans React to Jazz Jennings’ Inspiring Weight Loss Journey

    Trending Tags

    • Trump Inauguration
    • United Stated
    • White House
    • Market Stories
    • Election Results
  • Science
  • Sports
  • Technology
    Emerging Memory and Storage Technology Market Analysis Report 2025-2034 | AI and HPC Boom Fuels Surging Demand for Fast, Low-Power Memory Devices – Yahoo Finance

    How AI and HPC Are Driving Explosive Growth in Fast, Low-Power Memory Technologies Through 2034

    Ostin Technology (OST): Volatility’s Warning or Contrarian Opportunity? – AInvest

    Ostin Technology (OST): Navigating Market Volatility – Red Flag or Hidden Opportunity?

    St. Francis Medical Center brings advanced robotic surgery technology to Northeast Louisiana – KNOE

    St. Francis Medical Center brings advanced robotic surgery technology to Northeast Louisiana – KNOE

    Wayve Expands Engineering Leadership to Power Next-Gen Autonomous Driving Technology – Silicon Canals

    Wayve Boosts Engineering Leadership to Accelerate Next-Gen Autonomous Driving Innovation

    Frontdoor Announces Tech Expert Dr. Bala Ganesh as Chief Technology Officer – Business Wire

    Frontdoor Appoints Tech Visionary Dr. Bala Ganesh as New Chief Technology Officer

    Defense technology giant Northrop Grumman to host interviews in Iuka to fill technician roles – supertalk.fm

    Defense technology giant Northrop Grumman to host interviews in Iuka to fill technician roles – supertalk.fm

    Trending Tags

    • Nintendo Switch
    • CES 2017
    • Playstation 4 Pro
    • Mark Zuckerberg
No Result
View All Result
Earth-News
No Result
View All Result
Home News

Former Fianna Fáil TD disputes RTÉ journalist’s note of 2016 conversation

January 10, 2024
in News
Former Fianna Fáil TD disputes RTÉ journalist’s note of 2016 conversation
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

A former TD for Waterford has said it was not true that he told an RTÉ reporter in 2016 he had been asked to help suppress discussion in the media of convicted paedophile Bill Kenneally.

Dr Donie Ormonde was giving evidence to a commission of investigation established to examine the response of State and other agencies to allegations against the 72-year-old former sports coach.

Kenneally, a member of a well-known Waterford Fianna Fáil family, is currently in jail for multiple child sex-abuse offences committed between 1979 and 1990.

A verbal admission of child sex abuse was made by him to a senior garda in 1987, but his first conviction was not until many years later. The Garda inquiry in the late 1980s did not continue because a victim did not want to give a statement.

Questioned by Patrick McCann SC, for the commission, Dr Ormonde said it was not true he had told former RTÉ correspondent for the southeast Damien Tiernan that he, Dr Ormonde, had been contacted by Kenneally’s uncle, Monsignor John Shine, and asked how publicity about his nephew could be suppressed.

Mr McCann read to the witness notes Tiernan took of the conversation he had the car park of the Tower Hotel in Waterford in March 2016 with Dr Ormonde.

The notes, Mr McCann said, indicated Dr Ormonde told the journalist that Msgr Shine had called him in 2013, soon after a report about Kenneally had appeared in The Irish Times, and asked how the facts that were emerging about his nephew might be kept from the public.

“That’s not true,” said Dr Ormonde. “And even if he did, I was yesterday’s man. I wouldn’t be able to do anything anyway.”

Dr Ormonde, a retired consultant radiologist, was a Fianna Fáil TD for Waterford from 1982 to 1987 and a senator between 1989 and 1993. He was also a member of the South Eastern Health Board and a former chairman of the Havenwood Nursing Home in Waterford.

He told Mr McCann that he got a call on his mobile phone from Msgr Shine in 2013 to ask if he could help secure a bed in the nursing home for Msgr Shine’s unmarried sister, whose name he could not remember. The call came shortly after the report in The Irish Times. “It was the elephant in the room.”

He said when Msgr Shine mentioned the newspaper report he, Dr Ormonde, replied that he “did not want to go there” and there was no further discussion of the matter. He believed Msgr Shine’s sister got a bed in the home two weeks later.

He said the first time he had heard of Kenneally being linked to child sex abuse was when the report appeared in The Irish Times and that he was “shocked”. He had not heard any “rumours” prior to that.

Barra McCrory KC, for some of the victims of Kenneally, said Mr Tiernan had taken contemporaneous notes of his conversation with Dr Ormonde while he, Dr Ormonde, was relying on memory.

Dr Ormonde said the notes recorded him saying he had received a call from Maire Shine, Msgr Shine’s sister, but he was “emphatic” that he had never had a conversation with Maire Shine, (Ms Shine was Kenneally’s mother). “I never met Maire Shine in my entire life.”

He said he could not explain how the journalist came to note he had said Msgr Shine had raised the issue of keeping Kenneally out of the media or that he had made negative comments about the monsignor. He said he would have no difficulty with the commission getting access to his phone records from 2013 or 2016.

The tribunal has heard evidence that Msgr Shine was told as far back as 1987 that Kenneally had admitted child sex abuse.

A retired psychiatrist, Richard Horgan, said he had no memory of seeing Bill Kenneally and disputed evidence heard from former Fianna Fáil TD, Brendan Kenneally, that he, Brendan Kenneally, had been told by Msgr Shine in 2001 that his cousin Bill Kenneally had seen Dr Horgan and been told that he did not have to be seen again.

Dr Horgan said he would not have said, as alleged, that Mr Kenneally was unlikely to offend again or to give, as alleged, a verbal report on a patient. If he had seen Mr Kenneally, which he had no memory of so doing, it would only have been if he had been properly referred by a GP and there was no record of any referral. He said it was “highly unlikely” that he had seen Bill Kenneally and forgotten.

Sign up for push alerts and have the best news, analysis and comment delivered directly to your phoneFind The Irish Times on WhatsApp and stay up to dateOur In The News podcast is now published daily – Find the latest episode here
>>> Read full article>>>
Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source : The Irish Times – https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2024/01/10/former-fianna-fail-td-disputes-rte-journalists-note-of-2016-conversation/

Tags: FiannaFormernews
Previous Post

Human trafficking investigation after migrants found in container at Rosslare Harbour

Next Post

Nearly 21 Million Children Expected to Receive New Grocery Benefit This Summer

Murder, she measured: The impressive science behind Agatha Christie’s poisons – Big Think

Deadly Secrets Unveiled: The Fascinating Science Behind Agatha Christie’s Poisons

June 28, 2025
Science and social norms – Golf Course Management magazine

How Science is Revolutionizing Social Norms in Golf Course Management

June 28, 2025
Study Links Skipping Breakfast to Poor Diet and Lifestyle Habits in Teens – Olive Oil Times

Study Links Skipping Breakfast to Poor Diet and Lifestyle Habits in Teens – Olive Oil Times

June 28, 2025
What Worries the World – June 2025 – Ipsos

Top Global Concerns Shaping June 2025

June 28, 2025
Small business owners aren’t jumping for joy about the US economy – but they still aren’t jumping ship – The Guardian

Small Business Owners Hold Firm Amid Ongoing Uncertainty About the US Economy

June 28, 2025
U.S. uninsured rates could resurge if Trump’s budget bill passes – NPR

U.S. Uninsured Rates Could Surge if Trump’s Budget Bill Becomes Law

June 28, 2025
Emerging Memory and Storage Technology Market Analysis Report 2025-2034 | AI and HPC Boom Fuels Surging Demand for Fast, Low-Power Memory Devices – Yahoo Finance

How AI and HPC Are Driving Explosive Growth in Fast, Low-Power Memory Technologies Through 2034

June 28, 2025
Axios Event: Media execs are betting big on women’s sports – Axios

Axios Event: Media execs are betting big on women’s sports – Axios

June 28, 2025
Tellus Science Museum astronomer discusses meteorite landing in metro Atlanta – WSB-TV

Meteorite Crash-Lands in Metro Atlanta: Expert Insights from a Tellus Science Museum Astronomer

June 28, 2025
With pride and honor: How this queer couple achieved academic success – ABS-CBN

Triumph and Pride: The Inspiring Journey of a Queer Couple in Academia

June 28, 2025

Categories

Archives

June 2025
MTWTFSS
 1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
30 
« May    
Earth-News.info

The Earth News is an independent English-language daily published Website from all around the World News

Browse by Category

  • Business (20,132)
  • Ecology (699)
  • Economy (722)
  • Entertainment (21,613)
  • General (15,609)
  • Health (9,761)
  • Lifestyle (727)
  • News (22,149)
  • People (723)
  • Politics (728)
  • Science (15,939)
  • Sports (21,218)
  • Technology (15,706)
  • World (702)

Recent News

Murder, she measured: The impressive science behind Agatha Christie’s poisons – Big Think

Deadly Secrets Unveiled: The Fascinating Science Behind Agatha Christie’s Poisons

June 28, 2025
Science and social norms – Golf Course Management magazine

How Science is Revolutionizing Social Norms in Golf Course Management

June 28, 2025
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact

© 2023 earth-news.info

No Result
View All Result

© 2023 earth-news.info

No Result
View All Result

© 2023 earth-news.info

Go to mobile version