Ferns Inquiry has cost State €2.4m so far

STATE inquires into sexual abuse of children by priests in the Ferns Diocese has cost the State a total of €2.4 million to date.

Tánaiste and Health Minster Mary Harney has informed Labour Party finance spokeswoman Joan Burton that the costs of the inquiries into abuse in the Diocese had reached €2,379,264 as of this month.

However, invoices for legal representation have also been received from the Diocese of Ferns and from one other individual.