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Sat 05 May 2009ISPCC notes regret over committing children
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS:THE IRISH Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (ISPCC) has expressed its “sincere regret” for the role it played in committing children to industrial schools.
The society – known as the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children until the 1950s – employed inspectors to carry out its function of protecting vulnerable children.
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