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abuse in schools

Last year
2024
'He would punch you in the mouth and laugh': More testimony from our readers about violence in schools
Taoiseach says State apology will be made over sexual abuse of children in schools
Opinion: The government should go beyond the Scoping Inquiry recommendations on restorative justice
Dr Marie Keenan
'Fear has been with me for a lifetime': The impact of school sexual abuse on the lives of survivors
“I lost my naïve view of the world; it became a lot greyer – the world became a dangerous place to be.”
How will the Commission into child abuse in schools work, and which schools will it cover?
And have lessons been learned from how previous inquiries were carried out?
Almost 2,400 allegations of sexual abuse of children in schools run by religious orders
Hundreds of people have come forward with allegations of being abused in schools when they were children.
Restore Together, an advocacy group for survivors, said any statutory inquiry "must be structured to reflect the urgency of the situation"
Abuse survivors told scoping inquiry they believed paedophile rings operated at some schools
“The principal would open the door, see the abuse taking place, even rape in progress, and just close the door again.”