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Mon 12 Dec 2009Councillor tells of upset over damage to town
THE PEOPLE of Listowel felt aggrieved that the good name of their heritage and literary town was being damaged because of one tragic case, the likes of which was common all over the country, a Listowel town councillor said yesterday.
Fine Gael councillor Jackie Barrett- Madigan is one of the few people to speak out since the controversy began, arising from an extraordinary series of events at and after the sentencing hearing last week of bouncer Danny Foley (35) for sexual assault of a semi-conscious woman in a town car-park in June 2008.
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