About barney on Irish TV3 (Nov 5th 2007)
She can beat my back, but not my book says author of Kathys Real Story
The author of new book claiming to expose false allegations of abuse, remained defiant today after being assaulted on national television on Tuesday.
Hermann Kelly, the journalist who wrote Kathys Real Story which claims to discredit a book called Kathys Story by best-selling author Kathy OBeirne said, she can beat my back, but she cant beat my book.
Describing the violence which erupted during an interview on TV3's Ireland AM which pitted himself against OBeirne, Kelly said, -The woman went ballistic when I pulled out documents on live television totally discrediting her story, as she was losing the argument, she quickly turned to violence.
She can beat me all she likes, - Kelly said - but she wont beat the proof and top grade witnesses I have in Kathys Real Story. This is now a battle of the books, and I am going to win.
"People will be able to see that what Kathy OBeirne actually did in real life is more astonishing than the allegations she has already made," said Kelly who called book by author Kathy O'Beirne, a wholesale fraud and tissue of lies.
In Kathys Real Story I uncover an incredible train of events and show that Kathy O'Beirne is not an abused, put-upon victim but the aggressor, and the perpetrator of false allegations against perfectly good and innocent people. Its a complete reversal of how she portrays herself in her book.
Effect of 1.3 billion euro State compensation scheme.
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It has become clear over recent years that the short
step in Ireland between allegation and compensation has had lethal
consequences for the reputation of many innocent people.
The Irish Government must take a good part of the blame for the creation of this culture, for it is this Government which chose to provide the taxpayers money to fund the Redress Board, compensating some who were abused but in addition, creating a financial incentive to others who were not abused, to make false allegations for the sake of monetary gain.
When the State launches a compensation [Redress] scheme which is estimated will pay out over 1.3 billion euro, surely it is right and proper that people should provide proof that they were abused before they can receive any money. Otherwise, some unscrupulous people will simply make a false allegation to get more money.
The State which provides the honey pot, to provide sustenance for the bees, shouldn’t be too surprised when some hungry bears turn up to dip their paws at will. Especially as there are so few safeguards against this happening. Yes, the State, taking money from the Irish taxpayer, provides compensation to people who were resident in certain institutions, some of whom were abused, yet this does not justify allowing those who were not abused or suffered no harm to a bag load of money. Nor should it encourage them to destroy someone’s reputation among their religious peers and ensure that they, as innocent persons wrongly accused, are put through the mincer emotionally.
As it stands, the Redress Board has become a State-sponsored ATM machine, where virtually anybody who keys in a claim, gets a pay out. It is the Irish taxpayer who is being abused, it is the Irish taxpayer who is being financially raped by this ill-thought out compensation scheme.
