Martin ‘unequivocally’ apologises for ‘terrible pain’ suffered by industrial schools abuse survivors & Dail applause

THE Taoiseach has “unequivocally apologised” to the survivors of childhood abuse at industrial and reformatory schools in Ireland. Micheal Martin issued the apology in the Dail on “behalf of the Government, the State, and all the citizens of the State” for “the profound sorrow for the terrible pain and abuse suffered”. Addressing survivors, he said:...