A schoolboy who was sexually assaulted by a primary school teacher when he was nine years old has urged other sex abuse victims to come forward and reveal what happened to them.

A 77-year-old retired primary school teacher was jailed yesterday for a disgraceful breach of trust where he sexually abused a 9-year-old boy eight times in the early 1990s.

A retired primary school teacher charged with sexually assaulting a nine-year-old schoolboy eight times in the early 1990s denied the charges yesterday and a jury was sworn in for his trial.

Legal experts have urged the Council of Europe to seek urgent clarification from the European Court of Human Rights about the State’s redress scheme for people who allege they were sexually abused in school.

A group of solicitors from around the country are coming together to win damages against the State, for people sexually abused in Irish primary schools.

Cork woman Louise O’Keeffe was abused by school principal Leo Hickey while she was an eight-year-old pupil at Dunderrow NS, in Kinsale, in 1973.

John Martin closes the front door of his uncle Nick Power’s house behind him and makes for the top of Oxmantown road. His instruction, from there, is to turn right onto North Circular Road and head in the direction of the City centre until Croke Park presents itself in the Dublin skyline. Martin, having never been to Croker, hasn’t one iota where he’s going.

A 76-year-old retired primary school teacher was arrested yesterday and charged with sexually assaulting a nine-year-old schoolboy eight times in the early 1990s.

The State wants the High Court to strike out a decision it can be sued, along with the Christian Brothers, by three alleged sexual abuse victims, following a European court ruling in the landmark Louise O’Keeffe case.

More than 200 child sex abuse victims who dropped cases against the State relating to abuse when they were at school could be eligible for offers up to €84,000 each under a new scheme approved by the Government.

Courageous abuse survivor Louise O’Keeffe is set to take on the State again over its “insulting” settlement offer arising out of her landmark legal case.

The State’s offer of out-of- court settlements to victims of child sexual abuse at school has been described as "an absolute disgrace" by survivor Louise O’Keeffe, who was forced to resort to the European courts in her own battle for justice.

Abuse survivor Louise O’Keeffe — who won a landmark case against the Government in the European courts — has again accused the State of dragging its heels over its response to her case.

THE Department of Education is an extraordinary place. In the various bits of bumph it publishes from time to time — annual reports, statements of strategy, and the like — it sets out its mission as "enabling learners to achieve their full potential and contribute to Ireland’s economic, social, and cultural development".

Louise O’Keeffe, who defeated the Irish Government in the European courts, has demanded a meeting with the Taoiseach to discuss her disappointment at the State’s response to the landmark judgment in her case.

The Government should no longer delay a decision on how it plans to respond to dozens of cases of people who were sexually abused at school, six months after the landmark Louise O’Keeffe case ruling by a European court, a solicitor claims.

A sexual abuse survivor who won her 15-year landmark legal battle with the State last month has been named Cork Person of the Month.

Abuse survivor Louise O’Keeffe, who successfully fought the State over her suffering in school, has said that the Taoiseach’s apology was for all victims.

The ruling by the European Court of Human Rights in favour of a woman sexually abused in primary school could cost the State millions in follow-on claims.

IN a room of about 30sq ft, surrounded by paintings of court scenes and old maps, Louise O’Keeffe held her breath for the result she’d wanted to hear for over 15 years.

THE European Court of Human Rights has found in favour of an Irish woman who sought to hold the State liable for sexual abuse she suffered at a Catholic-run primary school in 1973.

Louise O’Keeffe deserves our respect, admiration, and congratulations, though she would prefer it had she never been obliged to make her cause, her decades-long fight against stone-walling officialdom, so very public.

A Corkwoman who was sexually abused by her school principal has won a landmark lawsuit against the Irish state for failing to protect her.

A Cork woman who was abused by her school principal will find out later if she can sue the State for damages.

A European court ruling in Strasbourg this morning could pave the way for hundreds of cases against the Government for abuse of children in schools.

The State must accept responsibility for children who were sexually abused in schools managed and run by the Catholic Church, the European Court of Human Rights was told.

A survivor of abuse has said she is hopeful that European judges will move to protect children in her battle to hold the State liable for her suffering at school.

A survivor of abuse has said she is hopeful European judges will move to protect children in her battle to hold the Irish state liable for her suffering at school.

The European Court of Human Rights is to hear an appeal next year by a Corkwoman against a Supreme Court ruling the State was not legally liable for the sexual abuse she suffered as a child by her teacher.

The European Court of Human Rights has decided to consider the case against the State by Louise O’Keeffe for sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of her primary school principal.

CONCERN is growing among children’s groups after the National Board for Safeguarding Children confirmed they cannot intervene in an alleged child abuse case involving three teachers in a primary school in the south-east.

CHILDREN sexually abused in day schools have received little compensation from the State, with just five payments made out of 141 cases in the past three years.

ABUSE victim Louise O’Keeffe said she was “overjoyed” after the Supreme Court ruled she did not have to pay €750,000 in costs for her unsuccessful case against the state for the sexual abuse she suffered as a primary school pupil.

The Supreme Court has today heard that the State is seeking its legal costs against the woman who was sexually assaulted as a child by her primary school principle.

THE Supreme Court has ruled in a test action that the State cannot be held vicariously liable for a series of sexual assaults by a national school principal on an eight-year-old girl.

FOR many parents, students and the general public, it sounds odd that the Minister for Education has no responsibility in law for the actions of the tens of thousands of teachers whose salaries he pays every year, and whose pensions he funds with taxpayers’ money.

A MOTHER-OF-TWO who was sexually abused by her school principal as a child has begged for mercy over the legal bill of more than half a million euro she faces after losing a battle to make the State take responsibility for her suffering.

IT is “grossly utilitarian” to argue that the State as a matter of public policy should have no liability for the sexual abuse of children in national schools because this would lead to many other claims, the Supreme Court was told yesterday.

A WOMAN who was sexually assaulted 20 times by a national school principal at the age of eight has asked the Supreme Court, in a test case, to rule that the Minister for Education and the State are vicariously liable for the assaults.

IN a democracy there is no uglier spectacle than the power of the State being used against its own citizens. In fact it’s not even compatible with the notion of democracy.

THE State Claims Agency (SCA) has dismissed reports that it is aggressively pursuing legal costs of €500,000 from an abuse victim who lost her case for damages against the State.

A mother of two who is facing a legal bill of €500,000 after losing a court battle against the State will be treated sensitively, an official body said today.

A County Cork woman who was sexually abused by her teacher in the 1970s faces a legal bill of up to €500,000 after the High Court today ruled that the State was not liable for the actions of her teacher.