Amid blanket coverage of high-profile child sex abuse investigations in the wake of revelations involving Jimmy Savile and other celebrities, one child abuse inquiry has remained below the public's radar. But the Northern Ireland Historical Institutional Abuse inquiry is slowly emerging from relative obscurity. The
inquiry is separate from a recent major police investigation in the
country that has led to the arrest of more than 30 people for sexual
exploitation of children and young people who have gone missing from the care system over the past 18 months.
