Ireland publishes outcome of inquiry into church-run Mother and Baby Homes
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin formally apologised on Wednesday for the state’s “profound failure” in its treatment of unmarried mothers and their babies in a network of Catholic Church-run homes from the 1920s to the 1990s.
A government-commissioned report published on Tuesday found an “appalling” mortality rate of around 15% among children born at the homes, reflecting brutal living conditions. Around 9,000 children died in all.
“On behalf of the government, the state and its citizens, I apologise for the profound generational wrong visited upon Irish mothers and their children who ended up in a Mother and Baby Home or a County Home,” Martin told parliament.
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Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin formally apologized on Wednesday for the state’s “profound failure” in its treatment of unmarried mothers and their babies in a network of Catholic Church-run homes from the 1920s to the 1990s.
A government-commissioned report published on Tuesday found an “appalling” mortality rate of around 15 per cent among children born at the homes, reflecting brutal living conditions. Around 9,000 children died in all.
PM makes formal apology to parliament State guilty of 'profound generational wrong' (Updates with quotes, background) DUBLIN, Jan 13 (Reuters) - I.