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# Ryan Report

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# Industrial School
'The brother whipped him until his back was bleeding, then gave him an orange to keep quiet'
Joe McAveety was born in a mother and baby home and grew up in industrial schools which were rife with physical and sexual abuse.
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Jan 30th 2021, 10:30 AM
# Ryan Report
Warning over GAA team spending and Euro 2020 to impact on Croke Park concerts
The GAA are also set to name their new second-tier football championship at the end of February.
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Feb 11th 2020, 6:47 PM
# Child Abuse
Chair of child abuse inquiry reports "seriously erroneous" figure in commission report
Mr Justice Ryan said the claim that 170,000 were admitted to institutional school is, in fact, closer to 42,000.
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Nov 26th 2019, 7:48 AM
Voices
Opinion: The State's refusal to compensate survivors of abuse violates human rights law
In its efforts to avoid paying compensation to victims, the State has spent €1.5 million on legal fees and re-traumatised some of its most vulnerable citizens, writes Conor O’Mahony.
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Jun 17th 2019, 7:00 AM
# Ryan Report
Religious groups still owe €1.3 billion for institutional child abuse
Education minister Richard Bruton slammed the religious groups in a strongly-worded statement.
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Mar 9th 2017, 2:14 PM
# Abuse
Breakdown: The 10 most valuable properties the Catholic Church handed over after Ryan Report
Religious orders still owe almost €15 million to a fund for abuse survivors.
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Dec 27th 2016, 10:16 PM
# Child Abuse
Some Ryan Report recommendations yet to be implemented due to lack of resources
The report was released in May 2009.
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Dec 28th 2015, 8:00 AM
# Child Abuse
'Quite startling': €31m of church property for redress fund yet to be transferred
€83 million of donations has been made from congregations since the Ryan Report.
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Nov 23rd 2015, 6:00 AM
# School for Deaf Boys
Abuse at a deaf school: 'I screamed at night, but no one could hear me'
A documentary revealing the experiences of boys at St Joseph’s school – both positive and negative – is to be aired tonight.
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Oct 8th 2015, 7:15 PM
Voices
Opinion: After two decades as a journalist, no project I’ve handled has been quite as harrowing
In the course of compiling a book about the abuse of children in industrial schools, I came face to face with one of the darkest chapters in Ireland’s history.
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Jun 28th 2014, 7:50 PM
# Institutional Abuse
Documentary about Christine Buckley 'Dear Daughter' to be aired tonight
The programme will be shown on RTÉ.
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Apr 7th 2014, 5:32 PM
# Children
New child agency must 'ensure children's voices are heard' - Chairperson
The Child and Family Agency will be one of the largest public bodies in the State with more than 4,000 employees and a budget of €570 million.
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Sep 20th 2013, 11:44 AM
# Rape Crisis
'Disturbing' increase in calls to rape helpline in 2012
The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre accompanied 260 victims to the sexual assault treatment unit in the Rotunda Hospital last year.
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Jul 24th 2013, 2:49 PM
# Magdalenes
Micheál Martin apologises for omitting Magdalenes from redress scheme
The Fianna Fáil leader said he was sorry his party did not deal with survivors when it was in government.
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Feb 6th 2013, 11:40 AM
# Health
Recession leads to surge in mental health issues in children
The number of children seeking treatment for mental health issues has risen by 30 per cent in the past two years.
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Aug 27th 2012, 7:53 AM
# Memorial
Memorial for abuse victims unveiled
‘Journey of Light’ will be erected at the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin over the next two years.
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Jul 21st 2012, 12:00 PM
# Apostolic Visitation
Vatican visitors propose Church reforms to deal with abuse fallout
An Apostolic Visitation sent by Pope Benedict XVI suggests reforming admissions to seminaries, and organisation of dioceses.
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Mar 20th 2012, 10:37 AM
# Clerical Abuse
Vatican visitors to publish report on Church child abuse
Pope Benedict’s hand-picked ‘Apostolic Visitation’ will publish a summary of their findings later this morning.
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Mar 20th 2012, 7:51 AM
Voices
Column: We know the horrific details of clerical abuse - but do we understand why it flourished?
Amnesty International Ireland director Colm O’Gorman explains the responsibility we all have to create a society where abuse can’t exist on an industrial scale, as detailed in the ‘In Plain Sight’ report.
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Sep 27th 2011, 2:19 PM
# Clerical Abuse
Clerical abuse in Ireland tantamount to torture: report
A study into the Ferns, Murphy, Ryan and Cloyne child abuse reports criticises the lack of prosecution against child sexual and physical abusers and those who concealed that abuse.
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Sep 26th 2011, 10:15 AM
# declined
Sisters of Mercy will not meet with Quinn
The Sisters of Mercy have said they will not attend a meeting with Education Minister Ruairí Quinn this afternoon.
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Jul 22nd 2011, 4:43 PM
# Ryan Report
Will religious congregations attend key meeting with Ruairí Quinn?
How much compensation the Church pays to victims of abuse in residential institutions is up for discussion.
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Jul 22nd 2011, 8:00 AM
# Daily Fix
Daily Fix: Tuesday
In today’s Fix: Ireland’s first female Chief Justice is named; News International heads face questioning over alleged phone hacking; and the Rubberbandits take New York…
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Jul 19th 2011, 7:44 PM
# Children
'Real progress' being made on Ryan Report recommendations
The Minister for Children has published a second progress report on the recommendations arising out of the Ryan Report.
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Jul 19th 2011, 6:41 PM
# UNCAT
Deep concern expressed by UN at levels of overcrowding in Irish prisons
United Nations Committee against Torture recommends that a mechanism should be astablished to facilitate criminal complaints. It also calls the practice of slopping out “inhumane”.
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Jun 6th 2011, 4:13 PM
# Magdalene Laundries
UN Committee against Torture recommends inquiry into Magdalene Laundries
The Justice for Magdalenes group is calling for immediate action by the Government in the wake of the recommendations of the UNCAT report, which says that the State failed the girls and women of the Magdalene Laundries.
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Jun 6th 2011, 11:54 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know by 9am: Ratko Mladic to appeal extradition to face war crimes charges; nobody yet prosecuted over Ryan report revelations; and 11 people in Syria die as protests continue.
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May 30th 2011, 8:32 AM
# Ryan Report
Ireland needs more social workers
Key recommendations of the Ryan report are not being implemented because of a lack of care workers.
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Sep 8th 2010, 12:56 PM
# Children's Rights
Constutional change for rights of the child urgent
The Ombudsman for Children has demanded a referendum on the rights of the child.
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