News & Events

Outreach commences and by the end of the year events are held in Dublin, Manchester, Cork, Galway, Birmingham and London. Outreach starts in the Deaf village in Cabra and continues every month to July 2020

Dec 22, 2020

Chairperson writes to the Department of Education to seek approval for additional staff to address the backlog of applications – freepost for all parts of the world introduced

Dec 22, 2020

David O’Callaghan replaces Sylda Langford as Chairperson of the Board

Dec 22, 2020

Caranua opened for applications from survivors of institutional abuse

Dec 22, 2020

29th January 2014: The RISF Act was amended to include the statutory right to appeal decisions made by Caranua to an independent appeals officer http://www.legislation.ie/eli/2014/si/21/made/en/print

Inaugural meeting of the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (RISF)

Dec 22, 2020

a: Minister clarifies Caranua cannot initiate contact with survivors Planning commences throughout 2013: consultations take place with survivors, survivor groups and other services for survivors. Meetings were held in England and Ireland and over 250 survivors were...