Paul Hosford: Inquiry into abuse in religious-run schools leaves bike shed in the ha’penny place

A redress scheme for sexual abuse at religious-run schools could run to hundreds of millions, if not billions

By any measure, the depravity spelled out in the testimony to the scoping inquiry into abuse in religious-run schools was truly sickening. Picture: iStock

Leaving Leinster House during the week, I noticed a woman veering her bike onto the path near the Merrion St gates.

I watched as she pulled to a halt and gently left her bike along the railing of the seat of parliament. It was obvious what she was doing. She was just the latest visitor to Dublin’s newest tourist attraction — a €336,000 bike shelter that holds just 18 bikes and doesn’t keep them dry.