"They persevered for years not for personal gain but in pursuit of truth, accountability and justice” 

Kenneally, one of Ireland’s most notorious sex offenders, died on Thursday aged 75.

She said at the outset of the interview that she never met Bill Kenneally in her life

Bill Kenneally used his position as a basketball coach to abuse teenagers in Waterford in the 1980s.

The former sports coach was 10 years into a near 19 year sentence for the sexual assault of 15 teenagers in Waterford in the 1970s and 1980s and had been suffering ill health in recent weeks.

Victims say the Justice Minister has told them he is going through the steps to secure them a state apology.

The report was brought to Cabinet by Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan last Tuesday.

Fianna Fáil is not implicated ‘at all’ in a report into the abuses of paedophile Bill Kenneally, the party’s leader has said.

"They deserve a full apology from the State for the severe failings which they have suffered the consequences of"

Vivienne Clarke The chief executive of the Children’s Rights Alliance, Tanya Ward, said the victims of Bill Kenneally have done the country a major public service in bringing to light ...

There was a ‘clear and serious dereliction of duty’ by gardaí in the case of paedophile Bill Kenneally, a public inquiry has found.

Victims expressed anger over the Justice Minister’s handling of the publication of a report into the abuse.

The public inquiry report said the Garda investigation into abuse allegations against Bill Kenneally was ‘unprofessional’ and ‘rushed’.

The Commission of Investigation was set up to examine how State authorities, politicians and others dealt with the allegations of sexual abuse

The ex-Waterford basketball coach spoke to a Commission of Investigation examining the response of gardaí to allegations of abuse against him

He gave evidence at the Commission of Investigation examining the response to allegations of sexual abuse made against him