Victims and survivors of historical institutional abuse in Northern Ireland will receive a public apology from leaders next month. First Minister Paul Givan and deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill confirmed details of the apology, which was a key recommendation of a public inquiry into the abuse. The inquiry examined allegations of physical, emotional and sexual harm of children in residential institutions between 1922 and 1995. It looked at 22 institutions run by religious, charitable and state organisations across Northern Ireland over the 73-year period. There were thousands of victims, with the children’s homes investigated all over the country, in places like Belfast, Lisburn and Derry. Mr Givan and Ms O’Neill will deliver the March 11 apology in Parliament Buildings in Stormont on behalf of the powersharing executive. First Minister Paul Givan and deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill at a press conference at Parliament Buildings, Stormont. They will deliver a public apology to abuse victims on March 11 There will also be statements made by representatives of state and religious institutions found by the Hart inquiry to have been responsible for the abuse. The ministers outlined details of the official apology today, which is the fifth anniversary of the publication of… Read full this story
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