Woman challenges Redress Board's refusal to allow claim

A woman who the High Court heard suffered "severe sexual and physical abuse" as a child in a state institution has brought a legal challenge aimed at overturning the Residential Institution Redress Board's refusal to allow her bring a claim for compensation.

The woman delayed in bringing her claim for redress in order to help her mother, who many years earlier had also been abused as a child while in another institution, process her application under the scheme.