Goddard inquiry: Northern Ireland will not be included in child abuse investigation

NORTHERN IRELAND
BBC News

Northern Ireland will not be included in the new statutory inquiry into historical child sexual abuse being set up by the government in Westminster.

Home Secretary Theresa May told the House of Commons that the inquiry will be confined to England and Wales.

Campaigners had called for Northern Ireland to be included, demanding that a fresh investigation of the Kincora scandal form part of a UK-wide inquiry.

But Mrs May said the Hart Inquiry in Northern Ireland was already under way.

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