John McAreavey

"Putting the rights of the child explicitly into the Irish Constitution is a way of signalling the rights of the child so they are no longer implicit, but this must go hand in hand with practical support for children and families under stress, particularly in this time of economic crisis. Legislation is one step, practical support is now needed."

"I have learned a huge amount and I think I would want to say that I think my heart was in the right place. But obviously when you are in a leadership role around issues as sensitive as this it is easy for trust to be damaged, so the question really is to assess that and to see can you recover trust and rebuild trust."