Project Outputs

Blogs & Media

Commission of inquiry into abuse in day and boarding schools must become truly survivor-centred, The Irish Times, 10 August 2025
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/08/10/commission-of-inquiry-into-abuse-in-day-and-boarding-schools-must-become-truly-survivor-centred/

Another public Inquiry into institutional abuses – why they so often fail to deliver justice for victimsThe Conversation, 17 June 2025
https://theconversation.com/another-public-inquiry-into-institutional-abuses-why-they-so-often-fail-to-deliver-justice-for-victims-259103

Non-recent Institutional Abuses – what might ‘justice’ look like?QPOL, 16 April 2025
https://qpol.qub.ac.uk/non-recent-institutional-abuses-what-might-justice-look-like/

The Government should go beyond the Scoping Inquiry recommendations on restorative justice. The Journal, 10th September 2024

https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/restorative-justice-6483049-Sep2024/

We owe it to victims of sexual crime to improve how courts deal with their cases. Irish Times. 19th August, 2024

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‘Transforming Justice Responses to Historical/Non-recent Institutional Abuses’ January 2024 (Podcast)

https://lawpod.org/podcast/transforming-justice-responses-to-historicalnon-recent-institutional-abuses/

‘Apologies for Historical Institutional Abuses’ (30-08-22)

https://journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/apologies-for-historical-institutional-abuses/

Are effective apologies for historical institutional abuse possible? – Anne-Marie McAlinden (11-03-22)

http://qpol.qub.ac.uk/are-effective-apologies-for-historical-institutional-abuse-possible/

Restorative inquiry would put survivors at centre of response to schools abuse – Marie Keenan and Ian Marder (28-02-23)

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2023/02/28/restorative-inquiry-would-put-survivors-at-centre-of-response-to-schools-abuse/

‘Is the government’s Mother-and-baby home redress scheme fair? – James Gallen (06-03-23)

https://www.rte.ie/news/upfront/2023/0210/1355932-is-the-governments-mother-and-baby-home-redress-scheme-fair/

Transitional Justice and the Historical Abuses of Church and State – James Gallen (14-04-23) https://www.cambridgeblog.org/2023/04/transitional-justice-and-the-historical-abuses-of-church-and-state/

Can ‘inquiries’ deliver ‘justice’ for victims/survivors of non-recent institutional abuses? – Anne-Marie McAlinden (26-06-23 )
https://socialandlegalstudies.wordpress.com/2023/06/26/can-inquiries-deliver-justice-for-victims-survivors-of-non-recent-institutional-abuses/

Book

Transforming Justice Responses to Non-Recent Institutional Abuses
Anne-Marie McAlinden, Marie Keenan, James Gallen
https://academic.oup.com/book/59821
Publication: April 2025 Document Type: Book

Policy Reports & Articles

Reframing Justice Responses to Non-recent Institutional Abuses – Final Policy Report
Publication April 2025 Document Type: PDF size:2.4mb

Reframing Justice Responses to Non-recent Institutional Abuses  – Summary version
Publication April 2025 Document Type: PDF size:2.3mb

Innovative Justice Responses to Non-recent Institutional Abuses’ Publication: March 2024 Document Type: PDF Size:473kb

 Non-recent Institutional Abuses and Inquiries: Truth, Acknowledgement, Accountability and Procedural Justice
Publication: July 2023 Document Type: PDF Size: 3.2mb

Response to Public Consultation

Written Briefing Paper for Committee for the Executive Office Publication Oct 2025 Document Type: PDF size:244kb

The Inquiry Mother and Baby Institutions Magdalene Laundries and Workhouses and Redress Bill Response to Public Consultation Publication Sept 2025 Document Type: PDF size:393kb

Truth Recovery – Mother and Baby Institutions, Magdalene Laundries and Workhouses and their pathways and practices Publication Sept 2024 Document Type: PDF size:258kb