:53:02
Provision of the Children's Act...
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must be understood in its literal,
grammatical meaning.
:53:08
''Both parents'' means exactly that.
:53:12
l therefore find against the petitioner,
Desmond Doyle.
:53:16
Thank you, Judge Hall.
:53:18
Judge McLaughlin?
:53:20
With some reluctance,
l conclude that l, too, must find against...
:53:24
the petitioner's application
and uphold the Minister's decision.
:53:29
-We've lost.
-That's absolutely ridiculous!
:53:32
-Order in court!
-You rotten louses. Let his babies go home.
:53:35
Silence, or l shall have the court cleared.
:53:38
-Silence in court!
-He's loving this. The rodent.
:53:46
lt is incontrovertible...
:53:47
that Section 10,
Subsection 1 of the Children's Act, 1941 ...
:53:52
requires the consent of both parents.
:53:55
ln the absence of such consent,
Evelyn Doyle and her brothers...
:53:59
will remain in custody
until they are 16 years of age.
:54:03
Daddy!
:54:04
Furthermore, this court has decided...
:54:06
that since the Children's Act
is capable of no other interpretation...
:54:11
any appeal
would be a waste of the court's time.
:54:14
Right of appeal is therefore denied.
:54:17
-No, you flea-faced rat!
-Who said that?
:54:24
Was that you, Connolly?
:54:30
This is Hugh Canning,
the man who broke the Doyle story...
:54:34
covering this sensational new development.
:54:36
Leave them alone.
:54:37
Get your hands off my kids!
:54:40
-Leave me alone!
-Daddy!
:54:42
Unbelievable scenes here at the High Court.
:54:45
l've never seen anything like it.
:54:47
Desmond Doyle struggles with the gardai
for possession of his children.
:54:51
A pitiful scene to watch.
:54:53
And who wouldn't sympathize with a father
in this situation?
:54:58
Daddy!
:54:59
Children!