IRELAND
Irish Sun
By ADAM HIGGINS
7th March 2017
MORE than 6,000 women and children died in Ireland’s mother and baby homes, according to a survivor group.
Last week it was revealed the bodies of 800 babies were hidden in a septic tank in Tuam at one of the horror facilities run by the Bon Secour nuns.
The Coalition of Mother and Baby Home Survivors today called for an urgent meeting with the Taoiseach to resolve the outstanding issues facing their elderly members.
The Coalition is made up of seven different survivors groups including Adoption Rights Now, The Bethany Home Survivors, Beyond Adoption Ireland, Adopted Illegally Ireland, The Castlepollard Mother And Baby Home Group, The Survivors and Victims of Institutional Abuse and The Adoption Coalition Worldwide.
The group are urging the Government to include all living survivors in the Commission of Inquiry that will look at what happened in these institutions.
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