IRELAND
Irish Times
Harry McGee, Rachel Flaherty
Tue, Jun 10, 2014
Taoiseach Enda Kenny said the issues in mother and baby homes are much wider than just one home and another senior member of Cabinet said the Government is moving toward a full inquiry.
Speaking on his way into a Cabinet meeting this morning Mr Kenny said Minister for Children Charlie Flanagan would give a presentation on the progress of an interdepartmental review into some of the issues at the homes.
These included mortality rates, burial practices, forced adoptions and other issues.
The Sacred Heart Home opened in Bessborough, Co Cork, in 1922, managed by the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary. Cormac O’Tuama, looks at teddies and flowers placed outside the gates of Bessborough during a memorial service on Sunday. Photograph: ProvisionMother and baby home inquiry must examine our culture of concealment
“I have a briefing from the Minister for Children this morning and will decide what is the best thing to do,” Mr Kenny said. He said the issues were “much broader than just one home.”
The review was ordered following disclosures that almost 800 infants and young children had died in the Bon Secours home in Tuam between 1925 and 1961.
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