It's been nine days since a court heard that a former TD gave a character reference for a man convicted of sexually exploiting a 13-year-old boy at a children's camp. We still don't know their name, their party, or why they wrote it. The Tánaiste has called on them to come forward, but there is no law, no mechanism, no compulsion that can make them reveal themselves. The legislation that was supposed to prevent this has not done so.

Christine Bohan, Jane Matthews, Christina Finn and Rónán Duffy unpack the gap in the law.

Also: We're already talking about Budget 2027, and Sinn Féin head to Belfast.

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