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''the beautiful country of lreland.
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''Through the honesty of our citizens,
and the wisdom of those who govern us...
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''may lasting peace be delivered...
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''and truth and justice flourish.''
1:18:14
Amen.
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-She's a credit to you.
-Thank you.
1:18:20
Thank you, Evelyn. You may step down.
1:18:23
The great day has finally arrived.
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The day Desmond Doyle and his kids,
and indeed the whole of lreland...
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has been waiting for.
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The day when Desmond finds out,
once and for all...
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whether he will get his kids back.
1:18:37
Sister, why couldn't me and the boys
go to court today?
1:18:40
Because they don't want a repeat
of the scenes they had last time.
1:18:44
The Lord Mayor of Dublin has just
appeared in his official limousine...
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and a beautiful car it is, too.
1:18:51
l would remind you, however,
that never before...
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has a law been found repugnant
to the lrish Constitution...
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and that has to happen today,
if Desmond Doyle is to win.
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l now call on Justice Ferris
to deliver his judgment.
1:19:14
l am persuaded by Mr. Wolfe's argument
on behalf of the Minister for Education...
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that the term ''parent''...
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in Articles 41 and 42 of the Constitution...
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must be held to imply both parents.
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There is no contradiction
between those Articles...
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and Section 10 of the Children's Act...
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and said Act
is not repugnant to the Constitution.
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l, therefore, find in favor of the defendant,
the Minister for Education.
1:19:45
l'll strangle that ferret one day.
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lt's 1-0 to the Minister, with 2 votes to go.
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The next Judge, Justice Daley,
must vote for Desmond...
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or it's all over for the Doyles.
1:19:59
Don't despair, my child. Have faith.