Commission hears of Newtownforbes conditions

Updated: Monday, 15 May 2006

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Nine News: Joe Little, Religious & Social Affairs Correspondent, reports on the evidence by a representative of the Sisters of Mercy to the Child Abuse Commission on Newtownforbes Industrial School
Nine News: Joe Little, Religious & Social Affairs Correspondent, reports on the evidence by a representative of the Sisters of Mercy to the Child Abuse Commission on Newtownforbes Industrial School
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Six One News: Joe Little, Religious and Social Affairs Correspondent, reports from the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse
Six One News: Joe Little, Religious and Social Affairs Correspondent, reports from the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse

The Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse has been told that a doctor discovered many children in a Co Longford Industrial School with bruises to their bodies and covered in lice.

However, a representative of the Sisters of Mercy apologised for conditions at Newtownforbes Industrial School between 1940 and 1945 and said the situation subsequently improved.

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