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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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Abuse survivor: Our lives were ruined as children

A survivor of abuse in a Northern Ireland children's home said the lives of the young victims were "ruined" before they even had a chance to grow up.

Margaret McGuckin, who went into care at the age of three, said: "There was no kindness in there. The state, government and the religious orders need to admit the barbarity that happened."

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