'They feel badly let down': Institutional abuse survivors grow old waiting for the State to act

Many survivors of institutional abuse remain deeply critical of the State, in particular the Caranua agency, and fear obligations are stalling, writes Mick Clifford

A memorial plaque to victims of the Magdalene Laundries in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin. Picture: Julien Behal/PA Wire

There were just a handful of TDs in the Dáil chamber when proceeding opened soon after 9am on January 25 last. 

Sinn Féin education spokesperson Donnacha Ó Laoghaire stood to ask the Education Minister Norma Foley about the plight of survivors of institutional abuse.