The Taoiseach by stating;
Let us consign arguments about the past to the annals of the past†– Taoiseach
wasn’t just talking about Beverly Flynn and her previous crimes against the state.
After all, an unrepentant murderer could still be a nice person, if you could trust them.
It seems that this must be a personal wish for the Taoiseach’s own past and an underlying belief of the government and the National Archives, when even items in their own card catalogs are missing or lost in the annals of time and there is no desire amongst the staff working there to correct the situation. It’s no wonder that the Canadians have to digitize the Irish Census for them.