IRELAND
98 FM
6 Mar 2017
Trish Laverty
A UN committee’s called for independent investigations into Ireland’s Mother and Baby Homes and Magdalene Laundries.
It says victims should get compensation and official apologies, while it’s also criticised our strict abortion laws.
There are calls for the sites of two former Magdalene laundries in Dublin to be examined for children’s graves, following Friday’s shocking confirmation that hundreds of babies’ and childrens’ remains had been discovered in a Tuam home run by the Bon Secours nuns.
‘Significant quantities’ were discovered in a septic tank. Records show that almost 800 deaths were recorded at the home over almost 40 years.
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