historical abuse inquiry

?Historic abuse victims in Northern Ireland have accused the British government of ignoring its moral duty after a legal bid to secure stalled compensation payouts failed.

Northern Ireland Secretary Karen Bradley said she faced a constitutional "challenge" because there was uncertainty over what approach Stormont ministers would have taken if powersharing was still in place.

THE chairman of the historical abuse inquiry has urged Secretary of State James Brokenshire to implement the recommendations in his report.

Institutional child abuse victims have marched at Stormont to demand justice from warring politicians who have failed to deliver a promised apology and financial redress.

FOR the victims and survivors of abuse at Kincora Boys Home, Tuesday was a significant milestone in their long battle for the truth.

AN abuse survivor has lost his legal battle over the scope of an inquiry into a paedophile ring at a notorious Belfast care home.

A FORMER patient at Lissue Children's Hospital, who was just two years old when he claims he was beaten with a metal spoon and left to stand in his own urine, said he is seeking "closure" from the Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) inquiry.

ALLEGATIONS of abuse of children at a former psychiatric hospital in Co Antrim will be heard at the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry next month.

A SERVING soldier admitted abusing a boy from a residential home run by Anglican missionaries in Northern Ireland but was never prosecuted, a public inquiry lawyer has said.

Disgraced priest Fr Brendan Smyth penned an angry letter from jail denying he had damaged the Catholic Church and claiming he had pleaded guilty to "false" allegations to spare the reputation of the church.