NORTHERN IRELAND
BBC News
Public hearings of the inquiry into abuse at institutions in Northern Ireland are to start in January.
Two children’s homes run by the Catholic Church in Londonderry are to be investigated first.
However, there has been criticism that historical clerical abuse and Magdalene laundries in Northern Ireland are not being investigated by the state.
Northern Ireland programme director of Amnesty International, Patrick Corrigan, said it was a positive step.
“The Martin McAleese review into Magdalene laundry type institutions in the Republic only covered those institutions south of the border,” he said.
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