{"id":408334,"date":"2026-04-20T14:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T14:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/408334\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T14:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T14:11:10","slug":"tanaiste-says-the-td-who-gave-a-character-reference-to-sex-offender-should-come-forward-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/408334\/","title":{"rendered":"T\u00e1naiste says the TD who gave a character reference to sex offender should come forward &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigAFBVV95cUxQS2MycHdsQWpYV1lUX2pRTkk0eVpvX095T0pHck5PdlRIQjBlSHBwejc2WGt2MjVDWkMtd0tCTUN5OUNUTFpXVE1wY2Y1bzAwakxSNDdqU01ZRzN6bzJhZUQ3SU1fZ01iU0JMZVQ4dGpuNGd1ajhuMTI1T0d0OUJJeQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">T\u00e1naiste says the TD who gave a character reference to sex offender should come forward<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizAFBVV95cUxNOGI1dzhLY1FKSndUdnZwS2hER050UER6WGN2Mm9TT3l0cFYwUFRvSmZnbEtsUmlCcTRzRkpKUzVVNE9XV2lXR05BSnZkZzhiYTJtUktTUUNYVFZOa1lQOExvcnlkZVJ5UEFVQV9HbGNkX1hZbTliQTV0aVVkc09zTi1JTi01NFRkbTJ1NHRTbWc5MUpDWFNDVW1TVEFSZi00VkhZbndLY1M0MkhzMGZOZjliR0Z6b0tEQ1FNbWdxV3R1cVNXR3owZFhOa2c?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sex-abuse case character references from public representatives unacceptable, says Taoiseach<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigwJBVV95cUxPUzJtaktYb0MyR0NrY1dKM2prTXAwTXlXdzhzeGVLM1VIaVJaQVh0dHBKcmVjYm5aMVJPSlozS0YxUFQ0OUZMY0tiR1RPN0IweGNCdmxjWG5QRG1mNDA0UHZuTHEyS0E5Y0JLLW12U3ZfZHlzZUx4dXA0eUxDMmstT2F6eWh0amNGWTF6UUplMEFLbGNCWkItZzJ0U1lxYVc3S05uTGloYnI5V1FIb2ZWZk5VRU9OODZ6WWhVSkVsZDV4R0N4VFc3aHV3X2kxVHVjcDQxZUlNcFdaZnJTeVZWY1FqdlZxMFJUWXozZDRoZXZ5NkI0TGhLR3hMTl9SY0hnbVk0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The government adviser, a child victim and the mystery TD condemned by the Taoiseach for giving a court reference<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiY0FVX3lxTFAzay1KTzV5aWoxMXk3Z1NiM05jejgzSGhJYm5vcjFZUC04elZsbzB6MGFPR1hCRUtSNnBuZFd1Zk5SY2EwbDdBVU5zdHI2RjVmSUxEVGIxdnd5bHIycFhfSExUQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Taoiseach: &#8216;I don\u2019t believe that\u2019s acceptable&#8217; as TD provides character reference in sex abuse trial<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Examiner<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi5AFBVV95cUxNRjRvTlBMYzIxT2JnLUktbXo3aVRsM0FnNlRqdGpLTXA0bDNMYW4zeVU3NWpSd1dzQjh3czEtZ05BUXcxaC01MmhIU2RSWF9DT3pqeUhOZWxFNjZ3Zzd5X0FGd29jR29RaUs1b0FZeHVoR1V1aS1JYWFBMi10SE0xWG1PcVNtX0ZvM1VFdURCUHpnMEZsNzVIZHlndzZZRTBlNndfbFBvZHJ5NzR5VGl1SzZ4cVZBMmVocmJnUXJVcTJ5ODJrU0Z5ZnF4UVZvVGg4NzFCSG1mbU1vVVNLZ3Fqc0RzYUE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Taoiseach insists he has &#8220;no idea&#8221; which TD provided a character reference for Daniel Ramamoorthy<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"T\u00e1naiste says the TD who gave a character reference to sex offender should come forward&nbsp;&nbsp;The JournalSex-abuse case character&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408335,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[179518,42,56786,43,70,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-408334","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-character-references","9":"tag-headlines","10":"tag-legal-system","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-simon-harris","13":"tag-top-news","14":"tag-top-stories","15":"tag-topnews","16":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}