Christine Buckley, an institutional abuse survivor who co-founded the Aislinn foundation, has died.

THE Pope must come to Ireland and hear directly from those who have been abused if there is to be any possibility of reforming the institution, a leading survivors’ group has claimed.

SURVIVOR groups are divided over plans to move ahead with a €500,000 memorial to commemorate those who were abused as children in residential institutions.

A number of groups representing child abuse victims are meeting the Minister for Children today to discuss the Ryan Report.