NORTHERN IRELAND
Sky News
By David Blevins, Ireland Correspondent
An inquiry into historical abuse in Northern Ireland has found systematic failings in the care of children in institutions and recommended compensation.
The publication of its report brings to an end a four year examination of allegations of abuse and/or neglect at 22 different establishments between 1922 and 1995.
Inquiry chairman Sir Anthony Hart said: “We hope that in some measure the process of giving evidence… helped those who were not listened to in the past.”
During public hearings at a former courthouse in Banbridge, County Down, the inquiry heard from 527 witnesses.
Some 333 had applied to give evidence and while the majority did so in person, statements from 87 were read into the record.
The inquiry found evidence of “systematic failings to a greater or lesser degree” in the majority of the children’s homes it investigated.
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