Mary Raftery - Investigative Journalist - R.I.P.
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Tuesday January 10, 2012 22:38
by wageslave
Investigative Journalist Mary Raftery has passed away. She was instrumental in bringing to light much of the systemic institutional abuse by religious organisations that occurred. Mary, you were an inspiration to journalism and you will be missed
Mary Raftery, through her investigative Journalism was key to the exposure of the dark underbelly of the religious institutions in Ireland through her relentless and skilled research and through her documentary films "cardinal sins" and "states of fear".
She will be sorely missed at a time where proper investigative journalism has largely been replaced by a servile brand of repeating government and institutional press releases as "news".
Why is it that real journalists like Mary pass away prematurely whilst the likes of Eoghan harris seem to live on forever??
R.I.P. Mary. Your legacy will live on through several telling reports which came on the back of the controversy and outrage generated by your documentaries:
THE RYAN REPORT
and
THE CLOYNE REPORT
And your documentary films such as this one:
States of fear part 1 of 2
States of fear part 2 of 2