NORTHERN IRELAND
BBC
By Tara Mills
BBC Newsline
Margaret McGuckin has been the public face of the campaign for victims of historical institutional child sex abuse.
But, privately there is a reason for her involvement – her brother Kevin.
The 62-year-old still lives in care. He has a learning difficulty, which Ms McGuckin believes is directly related to what he suffered as a child.
Their mother left home when they were children, leaving their father to look after them.
But a neighbour reported them to welfare and the four children were separated and taken into care.
“Emotionally that creates disaster in the rest of your life where you can’t even form bonds with anyone, never mind your family,” Margaret says.
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