Concerns over Grace probe time extension

Grave concerns have been expressed in the Dáil over the year-long delay to the commission of inquiry into the Grace foster abuse scandal.

Following on from reports in yesterday’s Irish Examiner that serious issues have arisen with the families of the victims, opposition leaders sought answers from Government.

Grace is the name given to an intellectually disabled woman who was left in a foster home in the South-East for 20 years despite allegations of serious sexual and physical abuse surrounding it. Grace is one of 47 people who went through the home during 1989 and 2009.