IRELAND
Irish Examiner
By Eoin English
Irish Examiner Reporter
The UN must be involved in any inquiry into Ireland’s mother-and-baby homes scandal, a rally in Cork was told yesterday.
Touched by the Tuam babies tragedy, mother- of-five Fiona O’Leary said she organised the event at City Hall in an effort to ramp up public pressure on the Government to establish a full and independent public inquiry.
“This is a human rights issue. I live in Ireland and I can’t sit back and ignore this kind of atrocity. It hurts,” she said.
“I didn’t want to do a vigil because I think we’ve done enough praying. We need to move forward and help these women get some kind of closure.
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