IRELAND
Journal
THE CHILDREN’S MINISTER has said he is anxious that the Bethany Home in Rathgar is included as part of the Commission of Investigation into mother and baby homes in Ireland.
Charlie Flanagan said today that he was conscious of the grievances felt by those connected to the Bethany Home, a protestant-run home on Dublin’s Orwell Road, where young unmarried mothers lived with their young children.
Many of the children were subsequently adopted, and survivors say they suffered neglect as children.
Over 200 children died while in the care of Bethany Home. A monument to them was recently unveiled.
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