Government caught between contesting passions over retention of abuse files
Some abuse survivors want files opened while others are terrified about revelations
Sealing abuse records for 75 years would make survivors ‘invisible once more’
Minister says sealing records necessary to respect confidentiality provisions of Ryan commission
After a 23-year fight for abuse survivors, Carmel McDonnell Byrne retires (sort of)
She and seven siblings put in institutions when mother abandoned their home in 1965
A decade after the Ryan report: Launch of ‘Survivors’ Stories’
Tributes paid to those who endured and then campaigned in what became a ‘crusade for truth’
‘Awe at dignity and humanity’: Abuse survivors commemorate State apology
Events held in Dublin to mark 20 years since apology to survivors of residential institutions
Silent society also responsible for what happened in industrial schools – Higgins
President hosts event to mark 10th anniversary of Ryan Report publication
State accused of ignoring abuse victims as memorial plans stall
Abuse survivor criticises Government on lack of movement on planned memorial in Dublin
Carmel McDonnell Byrne remembers a difficult past
‘In July 1965, my mother abandoned eight children and our lives changed forever’
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