An Garda Síochána has “never apologised” for its treatment of Ireland’s gay community in the wake of Charles Self’s murder, prominent LGBT activist Tonie Walsh has said.Witty and outgoing; he had a wide circle of friends and was often found putting his hand in his pocket for a round of drinks.To a casual acquaintance, Charles’s life seemed a whirlwind of social fun and career success.
His murder sent shockwaves through Dublin’s close-knit LGBT community and Tipperary man Tonie Walsh well remembers the “revulsion and horror” he felt after hearing the news. “The Guards approached it in a way that I think was not focused on the actual crime,” Peter Murtagh, security correspondent for the“I think the generalised charge that this was a trawl through an entire community - for whatever reason - is well made.
“It happened on a fairly regular basis; there was a litany of murders from the 70s onwards which we would regard now as anti-gay hate crimes and after a time, you became inured to them.No apology “But, of course, the murder investigation still remains open and I’d love to know what information is contained in that dossier because it made a lot of people really nervous; people didn’t know how it was going to be used.”
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
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