Brendan Howlin: Publish the Grace reports

Two unpublished HSE reports into the Grace foster abuse scandal must be published without delay, the Labour leader Brendan Howlin says.

Writing in today’s Irish Examiner, Mr Howlin, who introduced the whistle-blower legislation in 2014, says urgent action is now required to see those who failed to report child abuse concerns face tougher sanctions.

“We know that we need stronger sanctions against those who fail to report child protection concerns, and that we need to respect the protections that are now provided for those who are brave enough to do so,” he writes.