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Survivors Seek Justice After Decades | Cork News
Nineteen women who endured sexual abuse by former Dunderrow National School principal Leo Hickey in the 60s and 70s are finally getting government-backed mediation — a long-awaited step after past redress schemes failed due to rigid eligibility rules. Hickey, who served as head from 1962 to 1974, was jailed in 1998 for crimes involving over 20 students. Now, with the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission representing the survivors and Education Minister Hildegarde Naughton’s approval, the Department of Education is poised to respond. Survivor Louise O’Keeffe, who won a landmark European…
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