Fergus Finlay: Ireland is set up to deny truth

We need to find a new way of getting justice for the vulnerable hurt by our State

A brilliant woman called Sheila Nunan took on the religious orders on behalf of mother and baby home survivors. File picture: Nick Bradshaw

It goes on and on, doesn’t it, a never-ending circus. Families of children with scoliosis were desperately hurt this week and they want a tribunal of enquiry. They must get full access to the truth and to justice. 

But I’ll be honest — if it were me, I’d feel honour bound to tell them that a tribunal of enquiry will only compound their trauma. It will not get to anything like the truth — not within five years anyway.