Judgment reserved in woman’s abuse case

Judgment has been reserved in a Supreme Court case where a woman, who suffered institutional abuse while in state care as a child, was refused in her application for redress because she was too late.

The refusal was challenged yesterday at the Supreme Court, during a historic first sitting in Cork. The woman’s identity cannot be published due to an allegation of sexual abuse.

Her senior counsel Niamh Hyland said the 33-year-old applied to the Residential Institutions Redress Board for compensation but the application was refused on grounds it was too late.