IRELAND
Irish Independent
Ryan Nugent
March 4 2017
A woman who grew up in the Tuam Mother and Baby Home has admitted she is “lucky” to be alive – following the discovery of human remains at an excavation site in the area.
Significant discoveries were made by the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of children between the ages 35 foetal weeks to 2-3 years.
A woman – known as Breda and who grew up in the home – has admitted her shock at yesterday’s revelations.
Speaking to RTÉ’s ‘Liveline’, Breda, who was there for most of the 1950s, said she found the news “so upsetting”.
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She said that she had been one of the lucky ones and has her foster mother to thank for it.
In recent years she has been in contact with her birth mother along with a number of her extended relations.
“I have met my birth mother, but we don’t get on too well. I met her lots of times and I’m in touch with her,” Breda said.
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