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A THUG who scarred a man for life after in a knife attack was jailed.

A THUG scarred a man for life after slashing his face with a knife.

A MAN punched a door supervisor at a Billy Idol concert after being ejected.

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Minister for Children to meet men abused in foster care Updated / Friday, 26 Feb 2021 21:13 Prime Time Reporter Minister for Children Roderic OGorman has pledged to meet the three men featured in a report by RTÉs Prime Time on the States boarding-out system, calling the abuse they faced in foster care "absolutely appalling". He said their cases will be considered by an interdepartmental group that is looking at the question of redress. The minister said he hopes a report will be published on ...

Prime Time Reporter When he was eight years old, James Sugrue was fostered out to live on a farm with an elderly couple and their adult son in Kilgarvan, Co Kerry.  James and his two brothers – Michael and David – had been abandoned by their mother at the County Home in Killarney in 1959. Their father was in London for work. Over the course of several years, James and Michael were abused, isolated and worked like slaves. "We are the forgotten children," James, who is now 69 years old, told...