Grace files: Hollow apologies show just how rotten our little state can be

Until people are held to account, such apologies are meaningless, writes Daniel McConnell.

How loud ring the hollow apologies of the State?

Yesterday, we saw the publication of two reports into the Grace foster abuse scandal. At the launch of the reports, HSE official Dr Cathal Morgan offered a “heartfelt and unreserved” apology to the victims.