A profoundly disabled man who died at a nursing home in Northern Ireland may have been strangled, a pathologist said. Wheelchair-user Seamus McCollum, 56, had cerebral palsy and was fed
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The Northern Ireland Association of Social Workers (NIASW) has today published its priorities for the forthcoming NI Assembly Mandate. As pressures mount for social workers, NIASW is calling on each
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Shocking instances of historic child abuse in institutions in Northern Ireland have been outlined in the findings of the region’s four-year inquiry into mistreatment of residents. Probe chairman Sir Anthony
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Victims of historic child abuse in Northern Ireland should receive state-backed compensation payments of up to £100,000, an inquiry has recommended. Those abused in state, church and charity run homes
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A predatory priest’s sex crimes were ignored to protect the good name of the Catholic church, a public inquiry found. Fr Brendan Smyth attacked children “far and wide” at residential
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Northern Ireland’s public inquiry into child abuse at residential homes run by churches and the state will be judged on the extent to which it delivers truth and justice, campaigners
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Northern Ireland Health Minister, Michelle O’Neill, has launched a 12 week public consultation on a draft Adoption and Children Bill. The Bill will modernise the legal framework for adoption in
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Not implementing welfare reform has cost the public purse in Northern Ireland £173 million, the finance minister said. The money was deducted from the block grant which funds public services
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Compensation could be delayed for victims of residential home abuse in Northern Ireland following the predicted collapse of power-sharing, a campaigner said. Recommendations from the first of the UK’s institutional
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The Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC) is recruiting for three Lay Chairs and six Social Care Members (five social workers and one social care worker) to join their registration
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