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Biggest UK public inquiry into child abuse opens

Public hearings into allegations of historical child abuse in church and state-run homes in Northern Ireland have begun. The inquiry is the biggest into historical allegations of abuse to occur in the UK.

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Survivor: 'There's no divide where abuse is concerned'

Margaret McGuckin, who went into care at the age of three, has said that the beginning of public hearings into allegations of historical child abuse in church and state-run homes in Northern Ireland is "like a dream come true."

Ms McGuckin told ITV News Special Correspondent Rageh Omaar the start of the inquiry: "It was like a dream come true. After all these years I really didn't think I would see this day."

She added that despite social and religious divides across Ireland, "there's no divide where abuse is concerned."

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