BALLINASLOE MAN TAKES HIGH COURT ACTION OVER RECORDS HELD BY TUAM MOTHER AND BABY HOME

Galway Bay FM
March 7, 2017

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Galway Bay fm newsroom – A Ballinasloe man is seeking leave to bring judicial review proceedings against Tusla in a bid to get all information that exists concerning his infant sister’s time at the Tuam mother and baby home.

73 year old Peter Mulryan, of Derrymullen is taking the action to find out what happened to his infant sibling, who was born at the home in 1954.

The High Court heard that Mr Mulryan is extremely ill with cancer and is anxious to find out what happened to his sister Marian Bridget Mulryan.

According to the Irish Times, records show she died in February 1955, just nine months after her birth at the home – but Mr Mulryan is unsure if she died, if she was trafficked, or if she is buried in the pit at the home.

He’s seeking judicial review against Child and Family Agency Tusla, the holder of records for mother and baby homes in the west, to get any material that exists on his sister extensively examined.

Mr Mulryan himself went with his mother to the Tuam home in July 1944, his mother later went to a Magdalene institution and he was ‘boarded out’ at the age of four.

Mr Justice Richard Humphreys adjourned the matter for a week to allow Mr Higgins to prepare an amended statement of grounds seeking judicial review proceedings against Tusla.