Families ‘utterly let down’ by Grace scandal probe

The State commission into the Grace foster abuse scandal has been severely criticised by the families of victims for being overly “hostile and adversarial”.

It comes as the Government published an interim report from the Farrelly Commission, which has requested a 12-month extention to complete its work.

Ministers have approved the extension sought by the sole member of the commission, Marjorie Farrelly, because of the volume of work involved and a difficulty in taking testimony.