IRELAND
Irish Times

Tim O’Brien, Elaine Edwards

Sun, Jun 8, 2014

The Catholic archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin has called for a properly constituted commission to examine issues raised by the discovery of a mass babies’ grave in Tuam, Co Galway – including the allegation that medical trials were carried out on children.

Archbishop Martin also said the commission should investigate whether similar burials took place at other mother and baby homes throughout the State.

He suggested the commission be independent of the Catholic Church and State agencies with a chairman possibly taken from the judicial profession. He suggested membership should include people such as Ian Elliott former chief executive officer of the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland.

Gardaí have begun to examine the circumstances around the discovery of a large quantity of human remains at a site in Tuam, Co Galway beside…