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Mr President, as an Irish MEP, I hesitate to speak on this matter. Since the tragic killing of Robert McCartney, I am concerned that politicians have pushed their own electoral agenda in the context of the recent elections and have lost sight of the real point of all this. I am, therefore, going to speak personally.
A man has been unspeakably, brutally murdered and the perpetrators have been able to walk freely and have not yet been brought to justice. His fiancée, Bridgeen, his children, his family, are caught up in a fight at a time when they should be free to grieve and work towards closure. Justice, it seems, is eluding these brave people and so they have come to us. But what can we offer besides more rhetoric in this already over-opinionated debate? We can give them what they ask for: financial assistance in their struggle. Funds will pay the legal bills and that is necessary. It will not, however, bring them justice: for this, I call on those present on that fateful night to have courage and testify against those who committed this crime. I ask this, not as a Member of this Parliament, but rather as a mother who cannot imagine the pain this courageous family is going through.
It is this Parliament’s duty to help financially. It is our obligation to seek peace for Northern Ireland. But, as a mother, I mostly beseech those with information on the thugs who perpetrated this act to come forward. This family needs justice to get closure and completion of this saga and to grieve in peace. They are in my prayers."@en1
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