Investigation Committee
8 results

Inquiry report into mother and baby homes may be delayed
- Religion & Beliefs
- January 7, 2020, 02:10
Publication of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation’s final report could be delayed due to its exceptional length The document is on(...)

Government caught between contesting passions over retention of abuse files
- Religion & Beliefs
- November 30, 2019, 03:00
From rural Ireland, Tomás has spent most of his turbulent life abroad. The detritus left behind included intermittent employment, a failed marriage, e(...)

Child abuse inquiry admits to ‘seriously erroneous statistic’
- Religion & Beliefs
- November 25, 2019, 20:22
New figures indicate that the number of children who went through institutions investigated by the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse is about a q(...)

‘Shocking, shocking:’ Justice Sean Ryan on the abuses of children uncovered in his report
- Religion & Beliefs
- May 20, 2019, 06:00
On May 20th, 2009, the Commission into Child Abuse published its shattering 2,600-page report. It investigated 215 residential institutions for chi(...)

'Anybody awkward was put somewhere. Ireland was closed, defensive, xenophobic'
- Religion & Beliefs
- May 18, 2019, 06:00
Preparing to publish his investigation into Ireland’s religious-run residential institutions 10 years ago this month, Mr Justice Seán Ryan knew that h(...)

We have a culture of not listening to abuse survivors
- Opinion
- May 14, 2019, 01:00
The Ryan report, published 10 years ago this month, was based on the testimony of over 1,000 people who told the Commission to Inquire into Child Abus(...)

Diarmaid Ferriter: Artane Band name a useful reminder
- Opinion
- September 10, 2016, 01:00
When I see the Artane Band perform at Croke Park, the industrial school established in Artane in 1868 usually crosses my mind, however fleetingly. I c(...)

Abuse documents not to be destroyed despite assurances
- Social Affairs
- May 28, 2014, 01:00
Legislation is being prepared at the Department of Education to preserve testimony given in confidence by abuse survivors to the Ryan commission an(...)