Taoiseach To Make Formal State Apology To Mother And Baby Home Survivors In The Dáil Later
It follows yesterday's publication of the long-awaited Commission of Investigation report, which found an "appalling" level of infant mortality among the children born there.
9,000 died in the 18 institutions examined between the 1920s and 1990s.
Meanwhile the head of the Catholic Church in Ireland has "unreservedly" apologised to survivors.
Archbishop Eamon Martin says he accepts the Church was clearly part of the culture where people were "frequently stigmatised, judged and rejected".
Clodagh Malone from the Coalition of Mother and Baby Home Survivors says the apology's difficult to accept:
"Well I can't say that I accept it, certainly when I'm an advocate for survivors, and having dealt with thousands of survivors over the past 11 years with Beyond Adoption. Does an apology help? I think for some survivors. Open the records. Let us know who we are, let us know where we came from, our lineage, our heritage, our medical history. This cannot be a secret anymore."
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