Commission of inquiry into Grace case granted extension

The Irish Examiner understands that Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has granted the three-month extension to October 12. File photo

The Commission of Inquiry into the “Grace” foster abuse case has been granted a further time extension until October to conclude its work, despite mounting frustration at the time it has taken.

The Commission, established in 2016, has been charged to examine allegations of abuse and neglect in the case of Grace, an intellectually disabled young woman left in a foster home in the southeast for 20 years despite concerns about physical and sexual abuse.