Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance)

Forty-five years ago, children from St. Mary's Youth Club went travelled to Wicklow, to the Glen of Imaal . If the Tánaiste is familiar with that walk, he will know it brings you up to Lugnaquillia, the highest mountain in Leinster. It is a fantastic walk. On that fateful day, one of the children picked up an object which he thought was part of an engine but seconds later it exploded, as it was an unused shell from a tank. It killed three children and maimed many more. In September, thejournal.ie uncovered evidence that was not flagged at the time in terms of warnings from children who had previously done the same. None of those children ever received a State apology. Would the Government consider giving the children and families whose loved ones were killed on that day a State apology?

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