IRELAND
Evening Echo
THE revelation that the Sisters of Charity will be given ownership of the new National Maternity Hospital has sparked outrage across the country.
City councillor and Ballyphehane native Marion O’Sullivan, who attended St Patrick’s Mother and Baby Home in Dublin back in the ’70s, fought to be able to keep her baby after a taking a stand against those in authority.
Now she is encouraging others to do the same, albeit on a mass scale. She recalled her reaction after hearing about proposals for the new facility.
“I was filled with rage,” she said. “I kept asking myself ‘how can they do this happen again?’ The sisters say they can’t have input into the running of this hospital. Nonetheless, after their failure to pay redress money we can’t believe what we’re being told.
“We are seeing this happening in America – a far more liberal country – so there’s no telling what could happen if we don’t make our voices heard. With this in mind, we can’t be sure the hospital won’t have to adhere to a Catholic ethos.”
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