Foster care scandal: Justice for ‘Grace’ comes late in day

There is an old saying: “It is never too late to do the right thing,” writes Daniel McConnell

However, for the woman we have come to know as ‘Grace’, the move by the Government to establish a Commission of Inquiry into her case, comes very late in the day. Victim of the most horrific abuse over a long period, ‘Grace’ has been failed utterly by the State which promised to cherish her.

‘Grace’, now a woman in her 40s, has had to endure so much, as have her family, and those brave enough to risk their careers by speaking out about what went on.