NORTHERN IRELAND
News Letter
BY DEBORAH MCALEESE, PRESS ASSOCIATION
Tuesday 11 April 2017 The political crisis at Stormont has stalled the implementation of recommendations made in the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry, including financial compensation for hundreds of victims. Here are some of their stories.
Kate Walmsley, 60
“I was put into Nazareth House in Belfast at the age of two. At the age seven I was transferred to Nazareth House Bishops Street (in Londonderry).
I was moved around to other homes until I was released at 15. I then lived in a derelict house in Derry and stole food to survive.
“I have wanted for so long to go out to America to see my eldest son and my two wee grandchildren. They are in Wisconsin. When I heard about the compensation I put a deposit down on flights.
The money has not come through and now I won’t be able to go. “I have another son who lives in Derry and he hasn’t been well. I really wanted to help him with the money.
“I feel like nobody cares. The government don’t care about us. We are not a priority. It seems that the victims of the Troubles are more a priority than we are.
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