Dunderrow Women Await Justice | Cork News

Cork News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 5, 2026 · 1m

Sixty and seventy-year-old women from West Cork, survivors of abuse at a 1960s-70s school, are still waiting for justice — despite a Taoiseach pledge to start mediation. A promised response by July 3rd was delayed to July 17th, just before summer break, fueling frustration and suspicion. Convicted abuser Leo Hickey was jailed in 1998, and a 2014 European Court ruling demanded a redress scheme — yet past efforts failed most survivors. With no real progress in sight, these women, who endured trauma decades ago, are left feeling ignored and betrayed by a government that keeps promising but never…