Letters to the Editor: Blackrock College survivors’ plea for support 

November 7, 2023, marks the first anniversary of RTÉ’s broadcast of its radio documentary, 'Blackrock Boys', driven by the courageous testimony of survivors David and Mark Ryan amid efforts by a small group of Blackrock alumni and survivors to extract a public apology from the Spiritans. Picture: Colin Keegan/Collins Dublin

I grew up in five boarding schools, from the age of six to 17, during the 1960s and 1970s. I am a survivor.

November 7, 2023, marks the first anniversary of RTÉ’s broadcast of its radio documentary, Blackrock Boys, driven by the courageous testimony of survivors David and Mark Ryan amid efforts by a small group of Blackrock alumni and survivors to extract a public apology from the Spiritans.