This blog was set up with the intention of getting my story out to the world, about my daughter Noleen who was born and died on 4th April 1973, murdered by my own mother, conceived by either my father, or two older brothers, or any member of a local pedophile ring, made up of 13 men.
These men were friends of my fathers, that consisted of 3 serving police officers, two who worked on the murder case of my daughter Noleen, who covered up her death, and murder and those guilty of sexually abusing me and my siblings.
Three of my siblings ended their lives due to the abuse. And I went on to give birth to a second child through the abuse that was stillborn, my son John was buried in the garden of my family home.
Noleens body was found in Dunlaoghaire in April 1973, her murder case was investigated for six weeks, then downgraded to infanticide, without the permission of a court. Her inquest was opened then adjourned, and never held again until I came forward and lobbied to have the inquest heard.
She was buried just 5 days after her body was found, in a mass grave, with other babies, who all died of natural causes. However, as a murder victim she should have been buried alone.
Forty years later no one has even spent a day in prison, 6 men are still alive belonging to the local pedophile ring, called the "Sorrento Six" and my two brothers are still alive, but despite a 19 year campaign for justice, they are still alive and free.
From September 1973, to April 1995, a time period of 22 years, her case was never looked at again, or investigated, despite the fact she was stabbed 40 times, no blood samples were taken from her, or tissue samples, making it impossible for DNA in later years, she couldn't be exhumed because of the other parents distress and the graveyard strongly opposed the exhumation, no files were kept, along with the bag, her body was found in, which according to records was wiped clean when handed to the doctor who carried out the postmortem, so it had to be a member of the police who had cleaned the bag, the last known police to have possession of the bag according to the file, was the officer who sexually abused me, his signature is on witness statements from 1973, which clearly shows he worked on the case, several items in the bag, have disappeared, along with the bag and placenta.
When I came forward in 1995, only two photos of Noleen could be found, and a few pages of the police file. When I came forward, it started a 19 year legal battle, the DPP would look at the case 7 times, but no prosecutions would ever come of it, those who covered up her murder had done too good a job.
The murder file is still open, and recently a new team were working on the cae, but when the Chief Superintendent over the case retired they just stopped working on it. When it was opened again in 1995, it went on to contain 8 decisions by the DPP not to prosecute between 1995 and 2014.
I then had an attempt at a civil case, and an application to the European Courts being turned down. The Commissioner refused to re-look at Noleens case, despite setting up a cold case team to investigate old murder cases, and an attempt with the Gardai Ombudsman being refused. I also had an application with the Commission to Enquire into Child Abuse, but they dropped primary schools from their remit and wouldn't look at my application.
Noleen was officially identified by a Coroners Court in February 2007, and issued with a death Certificate, and by identifying her, the court also identified her place of death, as my family home, the time of her death, and the cause of death, which was 40 stab wounds, and yet, still no justice. At the Inquest two other sisters reported that they had had hidden pregnancies in our family home, that my mother concealed and refused them medical help, the garda had known about this when my mother was alive, but she wasn't convicted of concealing a pregnancy or refusing them medical help. 8 siblings in the family home claimed to be abused, and a niece, but still there was no conviction.
My book "Living with Evil" was published in January 2010 and June 2010, but this blog is intended to give voice to the things I couldn't say in the book, or at the Inquest, and to remind people that for 40 years, the people who done this, have walked free around my home town, and are still FREE now to abuse other children, most of them work in area's that consist of young children. I have been imprisoned in my mind for 43 years, trapped in a nightmare as the child this happened to, that wasn't rescued, or the adult who has had to live with the trauma and horror and despair, as I have watched the last 23 years unfold, being betrayed by every Taoiseach since 1995, every Minister for Justice since 1995, having told my story to every one of them they simply refuse to meet with me or help me.
All of the men were re-arrested in 2014 but let go without charge, however they are still a risk to children, and we are still waiting to hear from the police if they are following other lines of inquiry and pursuing other matters.
I will update you once I have more news.
