NORTHERN IRELAND
BBC News
Victims of institutional abuse in Northern Ireland should be compensated now, say campaigners.
It is three years since the Historical Institutional Abuse inquiry was set up to consider allegations dating back to 1922.
Such is the scale of its task, however, that its final report is not expected until next year at the earliest.
With the inquiry examining cases stretching back over decades, many of those affected are now elderly.
Some abuse victims have died without receiving any compensation or form of recognition.
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