Evelyn

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.''

1:22:00

However, we are officers of the law...

1:22:04

and must not be guided by sentiment.

1:22:07

Though Mr. Barron
made a moving and powerful plea...

1:22:11

on behalf of his client...

1:22:12

a stirring appeal to the heart...

1:22:16

we, as law officers, must determine cases
with the head, not the heart.

1:22:21

Tom, have we lost?

1:22:23

l agree with my learned friend,
Justice Ferris...

1:22:25

-Yes, unless he says another ''however.''
-...that it is regrettable...

1:22:29

that no precedent has been cited
in support of Mr. Doyle's case.

1:22:37

However...

1:22:39

though no precedent can be found
in lrish law...

1:22:43

we can argue
from an analogous English case.

1:22:47

ln the Crown versus Clark, 1891 ...

1:22:50

the principle of a parent's inalienable right
to his or her children...

1:22:54

was enshrined in common law.

1:22:59

However...