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TÁNAISTE FRANCES FITZGERALD has decided to establish an inquiry into the handling of the Shane Tuohey death investigation in 2002.
The 23-year-old was found in the River Brosna in county Offaly a week after he went missing.
The garda investigation concluded his death was suicide, but the man’s family believes he was assaulted before he died. They have alleged gardaí failed to properly investigate the circumstances surrounding his death.
Though an inquest recorded the manner of his death was drowning, two American forensic experts hired by the family to look at the case said homicide could not be ruled out.
Lost CCTV tapes
In 2006, an investigation into the handling of the case found aspects of it might have been dealt with more professionally, but it still supported the original finding of probable suicide.
RTÉ’s Philip Boucher-Hayes reported last year that CCTV tapes from around the town, which had been lost by gardaí, turned up in a locker some 13 years after the man’s death. The Tuohey family believes those tapes could contain critical information about Shane’s last movements and about anyone who may have been involved in an altercation with him that night in February 2002.
The case was referred to the government’s Independent Review Mechanism and the Department of Justice confirmed today that a full inquiry will be launched.
It said the Tánaiste had written to the Tuohey family confirming her decision to establish the inquiry, which will look at the circumstances surrounding Shane’s death and at the garda investigation. The department is currently consulting with the Attorney General about the terms of reference and a spokesperson told TheJournal.ie that no decision has yet been made about who will conduct the inquiry.
“The Tánaiste will be in further contact with the family about the matter.”
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Really? Genes? That’s the factor? It has nothing to do with the sextualisation of everything from ice cream to toothpaste and celebrity sex symbols?
I was waring a pair of Levi’s
During?! Ouch, those zippers are sharp!
How is ice cream or toothpaste sexualised? I mean, sex sells and women are the largest consumers of items that use that to their advantage.
5 cans of Dutch gold more like it
Well there is a surprise! And these people get paid for the obvious? Yet another dumb stupid study. I think I’ll look for funding to connect pimples to cancer, heart diseases, homophobic tendencies and why more fat people like mc fat boy friers!
New study finds that tight genes on the ladies is also highly correlated with sexual advances.
When i was younger i had a pair of Levis Jeans …….always got me hole when i had them on ……ah those were the days !!
501s?
You’d have enjoyed it more if you took them off
Tbh this is one study I don’t believe ‘to be in the genes’.
There are many reasons one might lose their virginity at a younger age.
Curiosity / experimentation
Sexual abuse
Neglect – not being loved at home so looks for love / care / attention elsewhere.
Coercion / blackmail
Strong feelings for someone / love
It’s more of the persons upbringing / environment / emotional well being than genes.
3 of the 5 mentioned above would also result in poor physical and mental health and probably poor school performance.
If you read the article as well as the headline, you’ll see that it says that genes could be a factor, not the sole determinant. If the science is sound it doesn’t matter what you believe. Pretty big sample size too.
Correlation does not imply causation, the confounding factors are I would say are the main reason. Not genetics.
It was common centuries ago for teens to get married and have kids, due to early deaths.
Also religion played a big part, where it was a mortal sin to have sex before marriage.
Now everything is sexualised.
Religion is failing fast.
Wide availability of pornographic material.
Our complete environment has changed, more so in the last 30 years than ever before.
The 1880s was a completely different world.
Lily, do you think the scientists who peer review articles for Nature Genetics don’t understand how confounding factors work? The journal Nature is literally the industry leader. Having a paper published there can make a scientist’s career. I don’t think you’re going to debunk a paper published in Nature by reading an news article. The fact that you believe you can just shows that you have no idea how science works.
You’re not as unique as you’d like to believe. Given similar circumstances I.e. Controls, you’d be a type. You would be typical.
Keeping your jeans up and zipped up can save your virginity .
Not if someone someone pulls the jeans off
That’s right I suppose. Depends on how quick you can get the genes off!!!
Without leaving a stain on them…
Really interesting
How would genes know who had sex or a hand job or has watching so much porn had its effect on the genes as well?
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