Seán Ryan (Irish judge)
Seán Ryan is a judge of the Irish High Court.
As a barrister, he was Senior Counsel to the inquiry into abuse in the Catholic diocese of Ferns (the Ferns Report),[1] and was chairman of the Compensation Advisory Committee that prepared guidelines on compensation to be paid to abuse survivors at the Residential Institutions Redress Board.[2]
In September 2003 Seán Ryan was selected to head the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse following the controversial resignation of the previous chair, Justice Mary Laffoy,[3] who claimed her work had been systematically obstructed by the Department of Education.[2] The government appointed him a High Court Judge, without seeking a recommendation from the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board,[4] "to guarantee that the integrity and independence of the chairperson will be maintained."[1]
Justice Seán Ryan published the Commission's public report on 20 May 2009 and it was immediately hailed as "a work of incalculable value to this country"[5] and praised for its "meticulous gathering of evidence",[6] though "Justice has not been done as many of the abusers will never face the rigours of the law."[7]
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- ^ a b "One in Four welcomes Ryan's appointment". RTÉ. 2003-09-26. http://www.rte.ie/news/2003/0926/laffoy.html. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
- ^ a b "Laffoy inquiry faces threat of second collapse". The Sunday Business Post. 2003-10-19. http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2003/10/19/story388543094.asp. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
- ^ "Laffoy quits Child Abuse Commission". RTÉ. 2003-09-02. http://www.rte.ie/news/2003/0902/laffoy.html. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
- ^ "Judicial Appointments Advisory Board: Annual Report 2003" (PDF). Irish Courts Service. p. 13. http://courts.ie/Courts.ie/Library3.nsf/(WebFiles)/22FC013356BD3C1B8025703E003E18A1/$FILE/Annual%20Report%202003.pdf. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
- ^ "Report a monument to a society's shame". Irish Times. 2009-05-21. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2009/0521/1224247036973.html. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
- ^ Bunting, Madeleine (2009-05-21). "An abuse too far by the Catholic church". London: The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2009/may/21/catholic-abuse-ireland-ryan. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
- ^ "Child abuse scandal was Ireland’s nightmare from hell". The Belfast Telegraph. 2009-05-23. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/letters/child-abuse-scandal-was-irelandrsquos-nightmare-from-hell-14312313.html. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
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