Child abuse survivors consider protest walk

Survivors of child abuse are still considering a walk in protest from Cork to Dublin during the week of the Eucharistic Congress — even though the Church has offered to hold a national day of atonement.

Christopher Heaphy, who attended Greenmount Industrial School in Cork, said the “once-off” national day event being suggested by the Church was not good enough.

He and fellow survivors, including former Clonmel mayor Michael O’Brien, want the day of atonement to be an annual event.