Cork industrial school survivor sues State over legal aid and redress 'gagging order'

Corkman Tom Cronin, 69, is taking the State to court over legal aid provisions and a ‘gagging order’ making it a criminal offence for survivors to divulge how much compensation they received under the Residential Institutions Redress Scheme.

A 69-year-old survivor of an industrial school in Cork is taking the State to court over legal aid provisions and a ‘gagging order’ making it a criminal offence for survivors to divulge how much compensation they received under the Residential Institutions Redress Scheme.

Tom Cronin has lodged a case against the State with the High Court that will challenge several obstructions to his right to access justice — in particular, the constitutionality of the Civil Legal Aid Act and the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002.