His name is Michael O'Brien, he went to St Joseph’s Industrial School in Clonmel. https://twitter.com/FergalLenehan/status/1031599043003199489?s=19 … https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ex-mayor-tells-of-abuse-by-order-1.771258?mode=amp …
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Well done and thank youhttps://twitter.com/Youngded/status/1031629109607231489?s=19 …
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Children growing up nearby knew bad things happened in his school; they were threatened to be sent there if they were boldhttps://twitter.com/draziraphale/status/1031689111587971077?s=19 …
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How many families riven by trauma? https://twitter.com/dansywansy/status/1031839694508773376?s=19 …
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Since this went viral Michael O'Brien has been interviewed by the BBC, RTE and Newstalk. The outpouring of good wishes has also been passed on to him. https://twitter.com/Youngded/status/1031900638207045634?s=19 …
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O'Brien spoke of how he was raped repeatedly from the age of eight in this interview today. He called for the Irish state's cost of the pope's visit of €10-€20 million to be spent housing homeless families instead http://www.newstalk.com/podcasts/Moncrieff/Highlights_from_Moncrieff/231727/I_want_peace_and_closure_before_I_die#.W3w-AxdsAN0.twitter …
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Good thread on the fundings of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and the complicity of the Irish state by a human rights lawyerhttps://twitter.com/maeveorourke/status/1032326171642478592?s=19 …
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Powerful. Poor man. Who is that do you know Naomi?
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Michael O'Brien, a former Mayor of Clonmel.
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