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1996
Dear Daughter, RTÉ documentary (produced by Louis Lentin) details abuse suffered by Christine Buckley and others at St Vincent’s Industrial School, Goldenbridge, Dublin.

April/May 1999
States of Fear, an RTÉ documentary series (produced by Mary Raftery) on the abuse suffered by children throughout the entire childcare system during the 20th century (industrial and reformatory schools, residential institutions for children with physical and intellectual disabilities, and modern childcare facilities) is broadcast.

May 1999
Taoiseach Bertie Ahern apologises on behalf of the State to victims of child abuse, and announces a Commission of Inquiry and a national counselling service.

May 1999
Ms Justice Mary Laffoy is appointed to head the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse.

May 2000
Legislation is passed to establish the commission on a statutory basis.

October 2000
The government agrees to compensate victims of institutional child abuse. The Residential Institutions Redress Board is eventually established in December 2002.

July 2001
Deadline for receipt of complaints of abuse to the commission. 3,149 people apply to testify before the Commission. Of these, 1,957 request a full hearing before the Investigation Committee. The remainder (1,192) opt for the non-adversarial Confidential Committee hearings.

December 2003
Justice Mary Laffoy resigns as chairwoman of the commission. Sean Ryan SC is appointed a High Court judge and the new chairman.

June 2004
Justice Sean Ryan announces that the commission no longer intends to name anyone responsible for abuse, other than those already convicted by the courts.

June 2004
The Christian Brothers drops its legal actions against the commission.

July 2004
The Christian Brothers testify at the commission public hearing that files only recently discovered in its Rome-based archive show evidence of 30 canonical trials of brothers on foot of proven incidents of child sexual abuse against boys in their care from the 1930s onwards.

2005/2006
Private hearings continue , together with a number of public hearings of testimony from religious orders.

May 2009
The publication date for the commissions final report