NORTHERN IRELAND
RTE News
An inquiry into institutional child abuse in Northern Ireland could be suspended due to a lack of funds.
Splits within the power sharing government at Stormont over spending have been blamed by First Minister Peter Robinson for the threat, which he branded an “outrage”.
The inquiry was to focus on the treatment of young people, orphaned or taken away from their unmarried mothers.
It also was to investigate houses run by nuns, brothers or the state.
The child abuse inquiry is being chaired by a retired High Court judge in Banbridge, Co Down, and was ordered by ministers.
The panel is considering cases between 1922, the foundation of Northern Ireland, and 1995.
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