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Commemorative Hearings Schedule Week One

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Commemorative Hearings Timetable 

January 2025 

The Inquiry’s commemorative hearings are scheduled to take place for four weeks from 28 January to 20 February 2025. The Inquiry will not sit on Fridays. A weekly timetable will be provided to the media and published on the Inquiry’s website. 

Please note that all timings are approximate and may, along with the order of witnesses, be subject to change.  Breaks will be taken throughout each day. 

Morning session: 10am to 1pm 

Lunch break: 1pm to 2pm 

Afternoon session: 2pm to 4pm 

Week 1 

The Inquiry is not sitting on Monday 27 January.  Hearings will begin on the morning of Tuesday 28 January with opening remarks from the Chairman and Counsel to the Inquiry. 

Date  Session Witness evidence 
Tuesday 28 January   Morning Commemoration of Fernando Blasco Baselga 
Afternoon  Commemoration of Rocio Abad Ramos by Paloma Abad Ramos 
Wednesday 29 January  Morning Commemoration of Alan Radford by Claire Hayes 
Morning  Commemoration of Breda Devine 
Afternoon  Commemoration of Mary Grimes by Fearghal Grimes 
Afternoon  Commemoration of Avril and Maura Monaghan and Avril’s unborn twins by Aoibheann Monaghan   
Thursday 30 January  Morning  Commemoration of Debra-Anne Cartwright  
Morning  Commemoration of Geraldine Breslin by Gareth McCrystal and Rosemary Cooney 
Morning  Commemoration of Gareth Conway by Shawneen Conway