CATHERINE CONNOLLY AND a number of other TDs have called on the government to to engage with a group of industrial and reformatory school survivors who are currently on hunger strike outside the Dáil. Four survivors – Maurice O’Connell, Miriam Owens, Mary Donovan and Mary Greene – have now entered the eleventh day of their strike. While new supports for survivors were approved in 2023, these did not include HAA cards or pension-type payments. Rolling News Rolling News“I’m ashamed that they have no choice other than this strike,” she said, urging Education Minister Helen McEntee to meet them directly. “The last thing we need is people on hunger strike.