At around midnight, the four survivors of industrial and reformatory schools ended their hunger strike. They began their protest outside Leinster House on September 21st because they believed the State needed to provide more to survivors of the industrial school and orphanage system including enhanced medical cards. The protestors are Maurice Patton O’Connell, Miriam Moriarty Owens and Mary Donovan who were child inmates of Pembroke Alms Industrial School in Tralee, and Mary Dunlevy Greene who attended an industrial school in Limerick.

Miriam Moriarty Owens spoke to Treasa Murphy this morning and confirmed that the protest was over following a meeting with the Taoiseach and Education Minister Helen McEntee.