Exclusion of some survivors from mother and baby redress scheme ‘causing anger, distress and retraumatisation’
Advocate for abuse survivors criticises ‘arbitrary criteria’ for scheme admission as she publishes first annual report
Residential Institutions Redress Board (RIRB)
Thousands of child abuse records kept in storage costing €80,000 a year
Long-promised law to transfer documents to the National Archives of Ireland has not been passed
A simple question stopped Ireland in its tracks: why were so many children incarcerated?
Journalist Mary Raftery exposed a shocking culture of abuse 25 years ago this month with her three-part documentary series States of Fear
Data safety of child sexual abuse settlement records ‘in jeopardy’
Watchdog told redress board the way it retained and processed some files was in breach of data-protection legislation, departmental briefing notes show
Flaw in mother and baby homes redress scheme could cost State hundreds of millions
Married women who gave birth in the institutions would be eligible for the minimum €5,000 payment
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