Elaine Loughlin: For once, let’s put rights and respect for survivors at the centre of redress

Ireland's litany of human rights abuses have left survivors retraumatised by poor official responses: The mother and baby homes redress scheme simply must be done differently

THE recent Netflix hit Worth skillfully tells the uneasy tale of how a price was put on each of the victims of the 9/11 attacks.

A team of lawyers was tasked with devising a rigid formula to arrive at a number that would compensate for each the lives lost — from the executive in his corner office, to the immigrant cleaner and the firefighter. The film tells us that, at the end of the day, every life has a perceived value.