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# 75 years

'It looks like the State is hiding something': Senior historian decries plan to seal testimony of abuse survivors

The Retention of Records Bill was approved at a Cabinet meeting in February.

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Nov 26th 2019, 8:30 AM

# abuse survivors

Abuse survivors report 'huge fear' of visits to hospitals and institutions

That’s according to a new report published today.

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Aug 2nd 2019, 3:42 PM

# mother and baby home

Taoiseach to meet Catherine Corless after 'paying respects' at Tuam site

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar told the Dáil today that he made a private visit to Tuam on his way home from a conference in Galway recently.

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Sep 25th 2018, 9:26 PM

# Redress

Caranua boss withdraws comments in which she said abuse survivors were 'damaged'

CEO Mary Higgins faced tough questions at the PAC over how survivors have been treated.

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Apr 14th 2017, 4:24 PM

Voices

A clerical child abuse survivor’s experience of the movie Spotlight

“Spotlight is largely about journalists and journalism…”

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Jan 27th 2016, 5:00 PM

Voices

Opinion: I became the first male survivor of Irish clerical sexual abuse to meet Pope Francis

It was such an important and historic moment for Irish survivors, where the Pope was left in no doubt about the human and spiritual cost that clerical child sexual abuse causes.

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Jul 17th 2014, 8:00 AM

# Safeguarding

The Irish Province of Spiritans: "Failure to create safe environments for children"

Summary of the main findings of the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland into the religious order of the Irish Province of Spiritans.

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Sep 5th 2012, 2:09 PM

# Apostolic Visitation

Irish Catholic bishops "make heartfelt pleas for forgiveness"

Statement from Irish bishops ‘welcomes’ findings of ‘pastoral’ Apostolic Visitation which was sent to Ireland from the Vatican – but Cardinal Brady says it doesn’t “supersede” the Church’s policy.

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Mar 20th 2012, 11:20 AM