Legacy of abuse will 'never end unless survivors are heard'

Abuse survivor William Gorry (centre) as he joins clerical sex abuse protesters at the GPO on O'Connell St, Dublin, in 2018. File picture: Aaron Chown/PA

The legacy of abuse in Ireland, whether through institutional facilities, day schools, Magdalene laundries, or mother and baby homes, will “never end” unless survivors are heard, a survivor of institutional abuse has said.

William Gorry of the Residential Institutional Survivor’s Network (RISN), which represents more than 2,000 survivors, said the Government’s handling of institutional abuse is not "led by survivors, for survivors" and does not bode well for those who survived mother and baby homes.