Rows cloud justice for ageing survivors
Divisions among the groups representing symphysiotomy victims are hindering the search for a resolution, writes Michael Brennan.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny has described it repeatedly as a ''barbaric act.
But divisions between the groups representing the women who underwent the procedure of symphysiotomy are threatening the prospects of ending an agonising search for a solution.
Two groups are recommending acceptance of the government's €34 million compensation scheme; another is urging survivors to reject it.
Time is running out. Most of the women who underwent symphysiotomies are now aged between 75 and ...