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24,000 Cigarettes
2019 Compensating Victims Of Historic Abuse In Seized In Wexford

16th, The North ‘Remains A Big Priority’ C

October CNorthernIrelandremains mended by the wide-ranging now is to accelerate this President & Founding
ompensating victims of died without receiving com-
“The big priority for me
abuse
in pensation that was recom-
historic
through and get money to
Publisher
| a “big priority” for the British inquiry which reported just particularly those older and Paddy McCarthy
Government, their Secretary of before devolution imploded
ill victims that have been
EXAMINER Statehasinsisted. in January 2017. waiting so long,” he told the Revenue officers in Wexford have Associate Publisher
Editor
Grahame Curtis
Julian Smith made the
A redress scheme, in
BBC.
pledge after moves to set up a
Marty Adams, for cam-
which victims would have
Marc-Yves Tumin
IRISH redress board to administer been paid between £7,500 paign group Survivors seized more than 24,000 cigarettes News Editor
Together, welcomed the
the long-delayed payments
and £100,000, was one of the
following a search.
David Carter
recommendations of the
were outlined in the Queen’s
move.
With assistance from Revenue
speech. Historical Institutional Abuse “We are absolutely detector dog Gus, officers carried out Arts & Entertainment Editor
Despite the legislative inquiry (HIA). delighted that the Secretary a search, under warrant, of a premis- Brad Balfour
commitment, uncertainty Mr Smith acknowledged of State has lived up to his es in Enniscorthy. Sales Director
still hangs over the fate of the that it was a source of frustra- word and we firmly believe The cigarettes branded ‘Blue John O’Rourke
compensation scheme, given tion that the bill still had to this will be the last Secretary River’, ‘Excellence’ and ‘Email’ had a
the precarious position of proceed through its parlia- of State victims will have to retail value of approximately €16,400 Classified Advertising
John O’Rourke
Boris Johnson’s government ment journey before com- deal with regarding justice with a potential loss to the
and the likelihood of an pensation could be paid out. for victims,” he said. C Exchequer of over €12,900. Art Director
imminent general election. A man in his 50s has been ques- Heidi Gross Kelley
Redress recommended by tioned in relation to the seizure. Contributors
Joe Murphy, Joe Kavanagh, C.S.
a Stormont-commissioned In a separate operation, Revenue O’Brien, Mike Fitzpatrick, Seamus
inquiry into historic institu- officers also seized 19.6kg of roll- Kelleher, Bert Randolph Sugar, John
tional abuse, chaired by the your-own tobacco in Tipperary. Mooney, Neil McDaid, Aine Fox, Sean
McCarthy, Mike Bowen, Marc-Yves
late Anthony Hart, have been Two premises in Nenagh were Tumin, Jack McGrath, Charley Brady,
on ice for over two-and-a-half searched under warrant. Patrick Hurley, Catherine Wylie, Alicia
years due to the collapse of The seized tobacco, branded Colon, Jason Gallagher, Jackie Cahill, Bill
Daly, Jim McKeon
the devolved institutions. ‘Amber Leaf’ had a retail value of
The British Government approximately €11,500 and repre- Contributing Photographers
has been under intense pres- sents a loss to the Exchequer of Leo Doyle, Danny McCabe, Roger
Wong
sure to sanction the outstand- approximately €9,600.
ing payments at A man in his early 20s and a Circulation
John Philip, Manager
Westminster. woman in her late 40s have been North East - Paul Hamrock
Dozens of victims have interviewed in relation to the seizure. West Coast - Jim Clement
Revenue said investigations are Historian
O’Dwyer & Bernstien, LLP ongoing with a view to prosecutions Events Consultant
Joseph Walsh
in both seizures. C
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