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At a special meeting on February 15th Tipperary County Council agreed to a number of actions:
A working party has been established comprising the CEO, Joe McGrath, the Cathaoirleach, Cllr Michael Smith and Leas Cathaoirleach, Mary Hanna Hourigan, the county Archivist, Rachel Granville, Meetings Administrator, Ger Walsh and representatives from the Sean Ross Abbey Survivor Group – We Are Still Here would complete the working party.
The council agreed to provide the group will full access to any records of meetings that the council had in respect of Sean Ross Abbey Home and to offer the services of the County Archivist to facilitate access to these documents.
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A survivor of the Sean Ross Abbey Mother and Baby Home in Roscrea says a meeting with members of Tipperary County Council went better than she expected.
Teresa Collins is part of the Sean Ross Commemorative Committee and addressed yesterday’s virtual meeting of the local authority.
She was one of over 6,000 children born in Sean Ross Abbey during it’s time as a Mother & Baby Home.
Speaking on Tipp Today earlier Teresa said there was a positive outcome from the meeting.
“Fair play, every one of them committed and each individually did apologise I’ll give them that.”
A special meeting of Tipperary County Council will hear a presentation from a local Mother and Baby Home survivor later today. Teresa Collins, who was born at Sean Ross Abbey in Roscrea, will be making a presentation to the virtual meeting this afternoon (2.30) on behalf of the ‘We Are Still Here’ survivors group. The […]