Government will 'respond positively' to mediation requests from those abused in Cork school

Some 19 women have said they plan to take legal action against the State for its failure to provide redress . Principal Leo Hickey pleaded guilty to 21 sample counts from 387 charges of sexually abusing 21 girls at Dunderrow National School in the 1960s and 1970s

Micheál Martin: 'My understanding is that their legal representative has written in for mediation, and in my view, we should respond positively to that'. Picture:PA Wire

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said the Government will “respond positively” to requests for mediation from those who suffered abuse in a Cork school.

In 1998, disgraced school principal Leo Hickey was charged with historic abuse against pupils after pleading guilty to 21 sample counts from 387 charges of sexually abusing 21 girls at Dunderrow National School in Co Cork in the 1960s and 1970s.