NORTHERN IRELAND
Ulster Herald
UPWARDS on 100 people from the Omagh and Strabane areas are said to have submitted evidence to the most wide-ranging investigation of allegations of institutional child abuse in the UK to date.
This will be the second week of hearings as part of the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry, which is estimated to cost £19million. Margaret McGuckin from Survivors NI (SAIVA), which is assisting survivors and victims of abuse to tell their story, said that the group has been contacted by dozens of victims from West Tyrone.
Ms McGuckin is campaigning for victims after suffering abuse at a Sisters of Nazareth orphanage in Belfast from the age of three.
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