IRELAND
Irish Mirror
Marie Kierans
The decision by the Government to hold an investigation into mother and baby-homes will not take away the heartbreak caused by the atrocities in these places of terror.
But hopefully the probe will at least finally expose the unforgivable practices that went on, hold those responsible accountable and give proper recognition to the thousands of children who died through neglect and cruelty.
That so-called religious people could inflict such brutal suffering
on any human being – never mind innocent babies and their poor young mothers whose only “crime” was to get pregnant outside of marriage – is truly incomprehensible.
It is only right the inquiry is not confined to the revelations concerning the former Bon Secours home in Tuam.
All similar facilities must come under scrutiny so we face up to and address this shameful time in our history once and for all.
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