Protestant home survivors refused compensation

SURVIVORS of a Protestant children’s home where at least 200 babies and infants died have been refused access to a state-run compensation fund for a second time.

Education Minister Ruairi Quinn, whose department oversees the redress board, said he would not reverse a decision by the previous Government not to include the mother and child Bethany institution.

A survivors’ group, headed by Derek Leinster, accused the minister of ignoring the specifics of the home run by Protestant evangelicals and regurgitating tired excuses.