NORTHERN IRELAND
RTE News
A 58-year-old woman who has tried for over 40 years to find her sister gave evidence to Northern Ireland’s Historical Abuse Inquiry today.
The woman, who now lives in the Republic, spent 12 years in Derry’s Nazareth Home from 1957 until 1969.
She did not know she had a sibling in the home until one day when she was on a foster placement with another of the residents, who said to her “I’m your big sister”.
Giving evidence to the inquiry in Banbridge this morning, she said her sister left the orphanage as a 16-year-old and that she tried to take her with her but that she was too young to go.
The woman, named Joan, told the inquiry: “I’ve been trying to search for my sister for a long time since I left the convent, but I just can’t find her.”
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