'They are people who were wronged': Survivors challenge exclusion from redress scheme

Marie Thornton and John Duncan Morris, who are not known to each other, told the 'Irish Examiner' that it was it was a 'disgrace' that the minister for children was defending the action.

The High Court has been told that the minister for children, Norma Foley, is not entitled to refer to anecdotal material received in the course of an inquiry when it comes to refusing to add other institutions to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme.

The comments were made during a judicial review taken by two survivors of religious-run institutions, both of whom have been denied a payment.