IRELAND
The Nationalist
Health Minister Simon Harris has been urged to “publish all the deals and all the side deals” with a religious order involved in the mother and baby homes scandal over the building of the new national maternity hospital, writes political correspondent Fiachra Ó Cionnaith.
Labour TD and former tánaiste Joan Burton called for the immediate move as she lashed out at Mr Harris being “hapless, helpless and hopeless” over his response to what happened and for failing the women of Ireland.
In a hard-hitting speech during an emergency debate on three motions in response to last night’s revelations the Sisters of Charity are considering scrapping the national maternity hospital plan, Ms Burton said “secret deals” with the church have no role to play in modern Ireland.
Warning public trust has been shattered by what has emerged this week, she said no one has been re-assured by the Government’s response and that what happens now will be central to a deal “that will last the next 100 years”.
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