‘The state let you down’: apology issued to NI institutional abuse victims
Survivors watch on in Assembly chamber as minute’s silence is held before apology
Fiona Ryan appointed North’s commissioner for childhood abuse survivors
Current head of domestic abuse charity Sonas to take up permanent post in December
Abuse inquiry chairman Sir Anthony Hart dies after heart attack
Retired High Court judge found abuse in some Northern Ireland children’s homes
Bradley delays enacting payout scheme for abuse survivors in North
Northern Secretary claims parties must answer questions about redress board first
Northern Ireland abuse survivors lose compensation case
Failure to compensate victims in absence of Stormont not unlawful, High Court rules
Legal challenge over compensation for NI abuse victims adjourned
Proceedings were due to be heard at the High Court in Belfast this week
Northern Ireland on verge of new world record – for no government
‘We can see decay and stagnation in many of our public services. It can’t go on like this.’
Clerical abuse: the case for new inquiries
By overcoming their differences, the two main parties at Stormont would be acting in the interests of some of the most wounded people they represent
Child-abuse survivor of Kincora residential home dies
Compensation for victims recommended last year but collapse of powersharing halted this
DUP and Sinn Féin leave civil servants to run Northern Ireland
A year after Northern Executive collapse voters paralysed with anti-politics ennui
Abuse victims urge North’s politicians to release compensation
Survivors’ group calls for James Brokenshire to take action amid Stormont impasse
Funeral of Jean McConville’s son Billy takes place in west Belfast
Officiating priest urges politicians to ensure victims of abuse are compensated
Abuse inquiry report calls for public apology and compensation for victims
Evidence of sexual, physical and emotional abuse across 22 Catholic and Protestant and state run homes investigated
Q&A: Historical Institutional Abuse inquiry in Northern Ireland
It inquired into claims of sexual, physical and emotional harm inflicted on children in care
Historical Institutional Abuse inquiry report to be published in Belfast
The 2,300-page 12-volume report must deliver justice for victims, Amnesty says
Institutional abuse redress scheme could cost £20m
Northern Executive urged to act quickly to compensate victims after HIA Inquiry
Archbishop rejects claim that abuse victims were ‘fobbed off’
Catholic Primate Eamon Martin said he was ‘taken aback’ by account of July meeting
MI6 agent aware of abuse at Kincora home, file suggests
Senior officer denies organisation knew of sexual abuse at boys’ home in Belfast
Victim of abuse at Kincora home withdraws from inquiry
Richard Kerr feels he has not been given all material that is being relied upon in hearings
Former Kincora Boys’ Home resident hopes inquiry will lead to truth
Inquiry chairman says organisations such as MI5, MI6 and RUC will be investigated
Inquiry told of British state ‘collusion’ in sex abuse at Belfast boys’ home
Claim that children in Kincora were ‘abused and prostituted’ for security reasons to be investigated
Bid for Westminster examination of Kincora abuse claims fails
Abuse survivor claims politicians, state agents involved in paedophile ring at care home
Six allege abuse at Anglican children’s home, panel hears
North’s Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry examines allegations at residence
North abuse inquiry to investigate six more institutions
Inquiry chairman wants proper compensation scheme for victims of institutional abuse
Children suffered sectarian abuse at NI home, inquiry hears
‘Daily fights’ between Catholic and Protestant residents in 1970s alleged
Theresa Villiers rejects Kincora abuse inquiry request
Amnesty calls for Belfast boys’ home to be included in Westminster investigation
Man jailed over Tyrone murder fails in appeal attempt
Co-defendant’s challenge to being convicted of attempting to murder women attending victim also rejected
Sean Brady says abuse kept secret to save church’s ‘good name’
Former Catholic primate faced criticism over role in meeting Smyth victims
Brendan Smyth may have abused more than 200 children
Inquiry in North hears notorious paedophile priest abused children for decades
British security service shielded abusers in Belfast care home, court hears
Counsel for one victim claimed new evidence in the Kincora scandal must now be examined by a wider Westminster inquiry
NI Hart inquiry to cover Fr Brendan Smyth sex abuse
Smyth was convicted of over 100 child abuse charges over 40 years on both sides of Border
Witnesses refusing to sign abuse inquiry statements unless they get legal aid
Chairman of Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry challenging High Court verdict
Kincora abuse victim wins first stage of court challenge over inquiry
Claims that politicians and state agents colluded in paedophile ring at Belfast home
NI abuse inquiry chairman challenges court ruling
Belfast judge found legal representation unfairly denied to a victim
Child abuse victim unfairly denied legal representation, judge rules
Woman took action over Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry
Compensation for institutional abuse survivors in North urged by Minister
Jennifer McCann calls for reparations to those involved in Historical Institutional Abuse inquiry
Villiers rules Kincora out of Westminster sex abuse inquiry
Amnesty decries Northern Secretary’s decision as part of British government ‘conspiracy of silence’ over abuse at Belfast boys’ home
Kincora boys home will not be included in UK abuse inquiry
Villiers says allegations should be examined by Northern Ireland-specific investigation
Senior Catholic cleric wanted abuse inquiry dropped, hearing told
De La Salle brother at Rubane House in Co Down heard claims raised by four boys
Sexual abuse ‘rampant’ at children’s home in Co Down
Alleged victims of paedophile Fr Brendan Smyth set to give evidence to inquiry
Historical abuse inquiry hearing evidence from Australia
‘Shocking’ evidence of abuse children allegedly suffered won’t be ‘swept under carpet’
NI abuse inquiry investigates child migration to Australia
Most of the 66 witnesses will be interviewed by video link next month
Amnesty calls for lifting of Official Secrets Act to help Kincora abuse inquiry
Former British soldier claimes he was told to stop investigating claims
Ex-bishop of Derry defends nuns’ work for children during ‘dangerous decades’
Sisters who cared for more than 5,000 children in need were ‘taken for granted’
Sisters of Nazareth apologises for abuses at Derry care homes
Order admits it was guilty of physical abuseand failures in provision of care for children
Northern Ireland abuse inquiry to interview victims in Australia
More than 100 children were transferred from residential homes after the war
Derry home nuns ‘warm and caring’, says social worker
Witnesses tell abuse inquiry of trust in senior nun
Former social services head praises Derry children’s home as ‘warm and loving’
Former social worker admits nuns provided ‘care on the cheap’
Child abuse revelations illustrate North’s troubled soul
Litany of horrific evidence points to multiple failures throughout society
Witness denies claims of sexual abuse made by care home resident
Senior counsel at Historical Institutional Abuse inquiry told incidents ‘never happened’
Nun at Derry home ‘facilitated’ abuse by priest, woman tells inquiry
Two victims waive anonymity to reveal abuse at religious-run homes in North
First witness to waive anonymity alleges abuse by priests
Inquiry told of beatings by senior girls and nuns at Derry care home
Boy fainted regularly from hunger, NI abuse inquiry hears
Witness claims senior boys were free to abuse juniors in dormitories in Derry home
A network of ‘homes’, where children’s happiness was relentlessly destroyed
Opinion: It was said the boys would find ease in heaven as they had certainly done their purgatory on Earth
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