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SHE TOLD THEM CHILDREN WERE BEING RAPED. THEY CALLED HER "EMOTIONAL."
Maggie Oliver (@MaggieOliverUK) spent years as a detective constable with Greater Manchester Police @gmpolice building evidence that the Rochdale grooming scandal went far beyond the nine men convicted in 2012. Hundreds of perpetrators. Countless victims. She had names, she had evidence, she had traumatised girls who finally trusted someone.
Her bosses dismissed her as an "emotional woman" and closed the investigations down.
One senior officer reportedly told her the victims "should have just been drowned at birth."
She resigned in 2012 rather than keep quiet. At the time she faced the real possibility of prosecution under the Official Secrets Act for speaking out. She did it anyway.
Her evidence became the @BBC drama Three Girls in 2017. It drove the Operation Augusta review. It kept this story alive when every institution with responsibility for these children had already decided to look the other way.
In January 2024, an independent review finally confirmed what she had been saying for nearly 20 years.
The review identified 96 men still considered a potential risk to children and noted that was only a fraction of those involved. GMP and Rochdale Council had told the public the 2012 convictions had resolved the problem. The review said they had barely scratched the surface.
Nearly two decades of children's lives. Hundreds of perpetrators who walked free. An institution that knew and chose cost savings over kids.
One woman who refused to pretend otherwise.
The system didn't protect those girls. Maggie Oliver did.
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Three Girls (2017) / BBC The Betrayed Girls (2017) Operation Augusta Independent Review @MaggieOliverUK | @TMOFCharity, @ITV

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#OnthisDay 2019
We learned that former Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy was lobbied by a PR woman who was previously his campaign manager.
Suzanne Sullivan was hired by #Airbnb to influence Government's short term letting rules in 2018.
#HowIrelandWorks #HousingCrisis

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Leaders' Questions - Tuesday, 28th April 2026
Delay & disorder of the short-term lettings legislation @MichaelC_IND_TD
#LQs #Dáil
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Lorraine Courtney: USC should be abolished for everyone earning under €100k to help ‘middle Ireland’ buff.ly/YVAqrDh
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Leaders' Questions - Tuesday, 27th April 2026
Cost of Living Crisis/ Energy Crisis
Taoiseach, why won't you just introduce a mini budget, a coherent approach to the cost of living/energy crisis ? @ivanabacik
#LQs #Dáil #CostofLivingCrisis
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International Far Right activists amplified a false narrative accusing a garda of spraying a teenager at this month's fuel protest at Whitegate in Cork, his colleagues have said.
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Leaders' Questions - Tuesday, 28th April 2026
Will the Government facilitate it's passage through the Dáil? @HollyCairnsTD
THE SOCIAL DEMOCRATS will today introduce a bill aimed at updating Ireland’s abortion laws, especially to ensure that women do not need to travel abroad to terminate a pregnancy.
Cairns said she hopes that the Reproductive Rights (Amendment) Bill 2026 will address the shortcomings identified in a 2023 review by barrister Marie O’Shea.
#LQs #Dáil #RepealEight
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There you have it! Micheál Martin says there's a Budget in October! While they sit on billions - Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael expect you to wait until NEXT YEAR for help. They just refuse to listen. The cost of living crisis is happening today. We need an Emergency Budget now. People can't wait!
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Rumours of my departure have been greatly exaggerated
Another refreshingly candid outing from the @sinnfeinireland leader @MaryLouMcDonald this evening with Gavin Reilly
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Airbnb register unlikely before summer amid Cabinet tensions
The legislation, aimed at freeing up more properties for the rental market, was due to go before the Cabinet today.
But while the Housing Minister James Browne is understood to be urging that the laws be brought forward more quickly, in order to bring more properties into the rental market, the Department of Enterprise says the laws are not yet ready.
#FFG #HousingDisaster #Airbnb #HamesBrowne
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