NORTHERN IRELAND
Irish Post
By Fiona Audley on April 24, 2014
SURVIVORS of institutional abuse in the North of Ireland who wish to make representations to the Historic Institutional Abuse inquiry must do so by the end of the month.
On April 30 the inquiry, which has been taking evidence in private sessions from former residents of children’s homes, schools and other institutions since 2012, will close to new applicants.
Anyone who suffered childhood abuse or neglect in children’s residential institutions in the North between 1922 and 1995 have been asked to share their experience with the inquiry’s Acknowledgement Panel.
Their evidence will inform a report into suggested failings by the state in its duty of care to children over the period — similar to the Ryan Report in the Republic.
The inquiry is examining the allegations of child abuse in state institutions in order to determine if victims should receive an apology and compensation.
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