IRELAND
Irish Independent

Caroline Crawford

16/11/2014

THE BON Secour Order of nuns who ran the mother and baby home in Tuam in which almost 800 children died, will be compelled to attend a Commission of Inquiry set up to investigate the matter.

In the event that the Order or any other witnesses who are called, do not assist the inquiry, they will be ordered to do so.

The Order will also be compelled to hand over records it might hold on the home to the Inquiry, which will be chaired by Judge Yvonne Murphy.

Historian Catherine Corless, who highlighted the deaths of almost 800 children in the Tuam mother and baby home, received the assurance from Minister for Children Dr James Reilly.

Ms Corless met with the minister in recent weeks to discuss her research into the Tuam home. She raised concerns about the inquiry’s ability to access records…