Abuse victims vow legal fight if State fails to solve Laffoy debacle

ABUSE victims are prepared to haul the Government through the courts for years to come if a swift solution to the Laffoy Commission debacle is not found.

Solicitors acting for many of the victims will meet later this week to discuss the crisis and are demanding an urgent meeting with the Attorney General and Taoiseach’s Department to seek clarification about the consequences for their clients.

James MacGuill, spokesman for an ad hoc group of firms representing 1,200 victims, said all the legal teams had been told so far was to hold off doing any more commission work, which was totally unsatisfactory from their clients’ point of view.