IRELAND
One in Four
JOHN
A COPY of his award cheque was the closest one 86-year-old man, whom we will call John, got to seeing the full amount of his compensation for years of abuse in a state institution.
Instead, his solicitor presented him with a slimmed-down version from which he had shaved off €10,000 for expenses, on top of a similar amount he had already received from the Redress Board.
This included the cost of ferrying a doctor by helicopter from a golf course to Dublin to give evidence at the Redress Board hearing where the man's case was being considered, although itemised details and receipts for these costs were not attached.