Inquiry into abuse in NI children's homes and borstals begins

Name: Inquiry into abuse in NI children's homes and borstals begins
Uploaded: 2014-01-13T18:46:35.000Z
Duration: 2 min 43 s
Description: The biggest public inquiry into child abuse ever held in the UK has begun its first public hearings in Northern Ireland

This video can not be played

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.

The biggest public inquiry into child abuse ever held in the UK has begun its first public hearings in Northern Ireland.

The Historical Institutional Abuse, external Inquiry (HIA) is examining abuse claims in children's homes and juvenile justice over a 73-year period.

It was set up by Northern Ireland's power-sharing executive to investigate allegations dating from 1922 to 1995.

Tara Mills reports.

Northern Ireland

13 January 2014