1:20:02
...or there'll be rioting going on.
1:20:06
l agree with Mr. Wolfe...
1:20:10
that the Minister for Education has,
at all times...
1:20:13
acted in a reasonable
and conscientious manner...
1:20:16
within the provisions of the Children's Act.
1:20:19
l also agree with my learned
and honorable friend, Justice Ferris...
1:20:23
that there is no precedent for declaring...
1:20:25
an lrish Statute
repugnant to the Constitution...
1:20:28
-Please God, grant us a ''however.''
-...and therefore invalid.
1:20:34
However, despite the absence
of precedent...
1:20:37
l find Mr. Barron's argument persuasive.
1:20:41
ln any event, with respect to
my learned friend, Mr. Ferris...
1:20:44
it is the duty of the Supreme Court...
1:20:46
not only to follow precedent...
1:20:49
but to set it.
1:20:51
On the grounds submitted...
1:20:54
that the Children's Act 1941, Section 10...
1:20:57
contravenes a parent's fundamental,
God-given right...
1:20:59
to the society of his children...
1:21:01
and is therefore repugnant
to the Constitution...
1:21:04
l find in favor of the plaintiff,
Desmond Doyle.
1:21:09
Marvelous! Children,
don't you stop praying now.
1:21:13
...the Supreme Court. Now it all rests on the
shoulders of Justice Lynch, a Kerry man.
1:21:19
The tension in here is almost unbearable.
1:21:22
I can't think of anything like it, since
Tom Connolly's last-second penalty goal...
1:21:27
that won Ireland the Triple Crown,
30 years ago.
1:21:30
And amazingly...
1:21:32
Connolly is now part
of Desmond Doyle's team.
1:21:36
l have been impressed
by Desmond Doyle's diligence...
1:21:39
and determination in rebuilding
his financial and domestic circumstances...
1:21:44
in the wake of
his wife's unfortunate desertion.
1:21:47
l have noted, too,
the obvious bonds of love and affection...
1:21:50
between Doyle and his daughter, Evelyn...
1:21:53
who made a deep impression on me,
and l'm sure, on all of us...
1:21:56
-in the witness stand.
-Please, no. Don't give us a ''however.''