How the Irish Government enforces silence about the abuse of children. "The Residential Institutions Redress Board records, which are understood to be highly sensitive, include allegations of serious abuse against named perpetrators and detailed medical and psychological reports of survivors." The Government wants to destroy these vitally important historic documents.
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Thousands of child abuse records kept in storage costing €80,000 a year

Long-promised law to transfer documents to the National Archives of Ireland has not been passed

The Irish Times
Covid-19: is there a gagging order?

Covid-19 continues to have a significant impact on health and the economy, but questions to political leaders are met with a wall of silence

Central Bylines - Powerful Citizen Journalism
Almost half a million women gagged after experiencing workplace discrimination, bullying or harassment

‘The process of negotiating the NDA made me feel suicidal,’ says one mother

The Independent
Hundreds of gagging orders used to silence victims of police misogyny

Some 243 gagging orders have been used by police to silence victims, including 133 at the Metropolitan Police

The Independent