IRELAND
Irish Mirror
12 JULY 2015
BY JAMES WARD
The Commission of Inquiry into Mother and Baby Homes is a “time waster” that will leave survivors with nothing, it was claimed on Saturday.
Derek Leinster, a representative of The Bethany Home, accused the Government of waiting for survivors to die before justice is done.
The inquiry will examine the dreadful conditions children were subjected to in the State-run institutions throughout most of the last century.
Mr Leinster said survivors of the Bethany Home, a Protestant facility where 227 children perished, are being swept aside despite having documents that prove they were residents.
He told the Irish Sunday Mirror: “By us going on this commission it means it’s going to be dragged out for another eight to 10 years, five at the best.
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