The public inquiry into institutional child abuse in the North is to travel to Australia to interview alleged victims transferred from there.

Church-run “hell hole” children’s homes in Ireland were like Nazi concentration camps, a former resident claimed.

Local charities in Kerry got less than €50,000 from the court poor box last year, while international charities benefited to the tune of €480,000 from offenders who came before the county’s courts.

A 40-bed nursing home could close unless the Government intervenes with financial support, it was claimed yesterday.