its an easy 'out' to take the moral high ground. call people monsters - undeserving of compassion.

As jim points out the story could be repeated ad infinitum many places in the british isles, and one suspects all over the world. Its not an irish problem specifically.

the story is basically about people who a feel excluded and become depraved; lose sight of the moral stop signs.

It isn't just the children who matter - its all the human beings buried in these situations.

theres all kinds of ways to fail as a human being. don't be in too much of a rush to claim superiority for your route to damnation.