Women call for redress over historical abuse in school (opens original article in a new tab)

Survivors of historical sexual abuse at a Co Cork school in the 1960s-70s are demanding government responsibility for the trauma they endured, citing a 2014 European Court of Human Rights ruling that the State failed to protect them.

• Survivors of historical sexual abuse at a Co Cork school in the 1960s-70s demand government responsibility for trauma they suffered as children.
• Former principal Leo Hickey was charged with 386 counts of abuse in the 1990s, pleaded guilty to 21 charges, and received a 3-year sentence in 1998.
• Louise O'Keeffe won a 2014 ECHR case against Ireland for failing to protect her from abuse, but the government has not implemented the ruling for other victims.