NORTHERN IRELAND
BBC News
The biggest public inquiry into child abuse ever held in the UK is due to begin its first public hearings in Northern Ireland later.
The Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry (HIA) is examining abuse claims in children’s homes and juvenile justice over a 73-year period.
It was set up by Northern Ireland’s power-sharing executive to investigate allegations dating from 1922 to 1995.
To date, 434 people have contacted the inquiry to allege they were abused.
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