IRELAND
Herald
Luke Byrne and Ryan Nugent – 07 March 2017
Dublin city’s senior archaeologist has told the private developer of a former Catholic institution that the site may contain human burials.
Dr Ruth Johnson indicated that because the property at The Crescent, Donnybrook, was a former Magdalene Laundry, it could contain remains.
Significantly, her observation was made as part of the planning process in September 2016, five months before the confirmed discovery of children’s remains at the Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in Tuam last week.
There are calls for every Magdalene Laundry, mother and baby home and industrial school to be searched for secret deposits of human remains – and to halt development on these sites until this is completed.
Councillor Mannix Flynn said the archaeologist’s assessment highlighted how it was already known that every former Catholic institution site could contain remains.
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