IRELAND
Irish Mirror
Jun 06, 2014 By Sarah Bardon
He said a full inquiry is needed to provide answers to the Irish public
President Michael D Higgins has said he is appalled at the discovery of a mass unmarked grave at a mother and baby home in Galway.
He said: “I was appalled as I know so many in Ireland were at what has been reported and what has been found.
“My first reaction was of enormous sadness. These are children who while they were alive had rights, the rights to protection and who if dead had the right to be looked after with dignity. Time doesn’t remove any of those rights.
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