Ferns inquiry set to pass deadline

AN INQUIRY into clerical sexual abuse in a Wexford diocese will take more than a year, with an interim report most likely to be published in March, its secretary has estimated.

As the Ferns Inquiry winds up for this year, Marian Shanley said its focus will move towards St Peter's College, a seminary and boarding school believed to have been plagued by abuse throughout the 1970s and '80s.

However, evidence from incidents in Monageer, Poulfour and other parishes in Wexford will continue to be heard.