NORTHERN IRELAND
Derry Journal
A Derry man who suffered terrible abuse at a boys’ home in the city says NI politicians should “hang their heads in shame.”
Eugene Gallagher, who spent 13 years in the St. Joseph’s Home at Termonbacca, is furious that political stalemate at Stormont is blocking the implementation of a raft of recommendations – including a compensation scheme for abuse victims – from the Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) Inquiry which published its findings more than six months ago.
The collapse of power-sharing in January – days after the HIA report was published – means that, without an Executive, the recommendations cannot be enacted. Mr. Gallagher, who was handed over to the Sisters of Nazareth when just a baby, has branded local politicians a “bunch of amateurs.”
He said: “While they continue to argue the toss about this and that, there are God knows how many people out there still suffering as a result of the abuse – sexual, physical and emotional – they were subjected to as vulnerable and innocent children.
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