Cork abuse survivor: Any inquiry into abuse in schools must probe State's own accountability

Louise O'Keefe from Bandon, Co Cork, said: '24 years and they still haven’t gotten it right or, in my mind, really attempted to get it right.'

The woman who secured a landmark judgment against Ireland for failing to protect her as a primary school student has said any inquiry into abuse in schools must examine the State’s own accountability.

Cork woman Louise O’Keeffe successfully took the State to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) for failing to protect her from the abuse she suffered at primary school in the 1970s in West Cork.