A Catholic bishop has said the recommendations of Northern Ireland’s child abuse inquiry should be implemented with goodwill.

Compensating everybody who spent time in a residential home in the North run by or on behalf of the state could cost £300 million, a lawyer who specialises in abuse cases suggested.

Allegations that a man in a police uniform sexually abused a boy from Kincora have been heard by a public inquiry.

“We will be picking the best team to go to war with France at the weekend.”