Taoiseach backs inquiry into 'sickening and shocking' abuse by Spiritans

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said the Government will give further consideration to the most effective way to have a victim-led approach to unearthing all aspects of what went on, and if there was a cover-up, the nature of that cover-up. Picture: Stephen Collins/Collins

A "bespoke" inquiry into abuse by the Spiritan religious order may be needed, the Taoiseach says.

Speaking in the Dáil on Wednesday, Micheál Martin described the level, scale, and nature of sexual abuse carried out in Blackrock College and in other school settings as "sickening and shocking".