NORTHERN IRELAND
RTE news
Northern Ireland’s Historical Abuse Inquiry is to hear evidence about the practice of sending children from homes in the North to institutions in Australia.
Documents examined by the Inquiry have revealed how in the decade up to 1956 the child migration scheme was in place and it has gathered testimony from over 60 people who were sent to Australia.
The Historical Abuse Inquiry was set up by Northern Ireland’s power-sharing executive.
It is tasked with investigating what took place at residential institutions, run by the state and religious organisations in the 73 year period up to 1995.
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