His daughter, Norma Foley (a member of Tralee Town Council and Kerry County Council) unsuccessfully sought the Fianna Fil nomination to contest the seat ...
preliminary government inquiry identified almost 2,400 allegations of sexual abuse in religious schools between the 1960s and the 1990s, and 884 alleged abusers. Norma Foley, Irelands minister for education, said the scale of abuse was truly shocking, and has ordered a full government investigation.