PROTEST TO TAKE PLACE AT BON SECOURS HOSPITAL OVER TUAM BABIES SCANDAL

Galway Bay FM
March 7, 2017

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Galway Bay fm newsroom – A white ribbon protest will take place later this week outside the Bon Secours Hospital in Renmore in light of the Tuam babies scandal (10/03 ).

The event is being organised by People Before Profit Galway.

The group claims that the institutional structure which involved the Bons Secours order, state agencies and the Catholic Church are to blame.

PBP Galway is outlining a number of demands including the creation of a memorial to the victims, and that the Bons Secours group re-consider the existence of their order.

The white ribbon protest will get underway outside the Bon Secours Hospital at 5.30 on Friday evening.

Meanwhile, the Taoiseach has called for a period of reflection following the discovery of the mass grave at the Tuam mother and baby home.

Enda Kenny says the find shows that as a society, people did not just hide away the dead bodies of tiny human beings, but dug deep to bury their compassion, mercy and humanity itself.

He’s told the Dáil there now needs to be “a period of reflection” to decide how to proceed in relation to widening the terms of reference of the Commission to examine all former homes.

Mr Kenny says as a society we have to deal with this now or another Taoiseach will be addressing it again in 20 years.