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Judge dismisses bid by former Industrial School resident to apply to Redress Board

Summary

A man who claimed he was physically and sexually abused at St Joseph's Industrial School in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, lost a High Court bid to allow him to apply to the Residential Institutions Redress Board for compensation. He had been committed to the school for two years and said he suffered severe beatings and sexual abuse. The board, set up in 2002 to compensate victims of industrial schools, closed applications in 2005. He applied in 2008, was refused because the application was not received in time, and made a fresh application in 2010. After an oral hearing in early 2012, the board again refused to extend time. In 2016 he brought judicial review proceedings against the board, the Superior Court Rules Committee and the Minister for Justice and Equality, seeking to quash the board's refusal and to declare the Superior Court rules an impermissible restriction on access to the courts.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Judge dismisses bid by former Industrial School resident to apply to Redress Board. Procedural stage: trial

When:

• 2017-04-24 Publication

Why: He said he had not done so before because he had never been able to grapple with the shame and embarrassment of what had occurred to him. CNI source report

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