The government has ruled out starting a public inquiry into claims that a paedophile was protected during a 30-year long cover-up. Tanaiste Simon Coveney told the Dail on Thursday that the Commission of Investigation announced last May will not begin while fresh allegations against Bill Kenneally are probed.
Victims of the Waterford basketball coach say members of gardai, Fianna Fail, the HSE and the Catholic Church all knew about the abuse, but failed to act.
Kenneally was sentenced to 14 years in 2016 for abusing ten boys.
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