Dunderrow abuse survivors again told Government needs more time to provide redress

The women had all been sexually abused by their former teacher, Leo Hickey, in Dunderrow National School in West Cork in the 1960s and 1970s

Following a European Court of Human Rights ruling in favour of one former pupil, Louise O’Keeffe, in 2014, the government was forced to set up a redress scheme for others who had been abused as children. Picture: Dan Linehan

The Dunderrow women have been told again that the Government needs more time before moves can be put in place to provide redress for the child sexual abuse they suffered. 

This is despite a pledge by the Taoiseach in the Dáil two weeks ago that mediation would be initiated to finally bring a solution to their long-standing grievance.