Irish Examiner view: Victims again forced to bear burden of legal case

It is not too late for the State to show some generosity of spirit towards the likes of the Dunderrow survivors

Readers will recall that one survivor of abuse in the school, Louise O’Keeffe, eventually received compensation in 2014, but that came after a long-running legal battle against the State which only ended with her victory at the European Court of Human Rights. File picture: Michael Mac Sweeeney/Provision

The appalling history of child sexual abuse in Ireland continues to haunt us. For confirmation of that, we need only see the news this week of the survivors, in Dunderrow National School in Cork, of abuse which dates back to the ’60s and ’70s.

Readers will recall that one survivor of abuse in the school, Louise O’Keeffe, eventually received compensation in 2014, but that came after a long-running legal battle against the State which only ended with her victory at the European Court of Human Rights.