For those who missed earlier seasons, the Dept of Education has known this day was coming ever since Louise O’Keeffe fought all the way through every level of the State’s denial of liability to her, up and through the Supreme Court, until she won in the ECHR. m.independent.ie/irish-news/c...

Landmark victory after 30 years for abuse victim Louise O'Keeffe

AN IRISH woman’s courageous 30 year battle for justice ended in triumph today when the European Court of Human Rights ruled in her favour.

Unlike the domestic courts, the abroad court had no difficulty in recognising that shunting the delivery and control of education to the religious orders did not create a firewall between the state and the abuse it ought not to have let happen.