Everyone remembers the chill of horror they felt when, in March 2017, it was revealed that the remains of many small children had been found beneath a playground in Tuam. The discovery was due to the tireless work of local historian Catherine Corless, whose research had uncovered a strange anomaly in the records of the Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home that had existed on the site: there were death certificates for 796 babies and toddlers, but no burial certs. It turned out that a number of the children had been interred without record in an unused septic tank.
The IHREC’s submissions will focus on human rights and equality issues, and the rights of victims of historic abuse to access justice and to an appropriate…
The IHREC’s submissions will focus on human rights and equality issues, and the rights of victims of historic abuse to access justice and to an appropriate…