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Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe says he is glad to hear that Bethany Homes survivor Derek Leister’s case to the European Court of Human Rights has been accepted.

The Irish Government’s failure and refusal to include the Protestant Church run Bethany Children’s Homes in its redress scheme has led the chairman of the survivors group to take the case.

Crowe said that the Government’s decision not to include the homes at that time was based purely on a monetary one and had absolutely nothing to do with justice or about what was the right thing for the State to do.