Published today, the final report from the Mother and Baby Homes Commission makes for sobering reading, showing that in the place of the pre-natal care cited by Litster was neglect, instead of ‘proper diet’ was malnutrition, rather than ‘fresh air’ came incarceration and far than ‘freedom from worry’, the women placed in those institutions were shamefully mocked amid the anguish of their labour and left with life-long trauma. The Commission finds that 9,000, or one-in-seven of all mother and baby home children died. What Litster said was tragically true – in any other circumstances, they would have had a better chance of life.
Dublin councillor and county home survivor says apologies are empty unless action is taken
He was an infant when he was part of two drug tests in Dublin’s Madonna House in the 1970s
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Councillor Francis Timmons
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A county home survivor who was used for vaccine trials as a toddler said apologies are empty unless action is taken.
County home survivor says apologies are useless unless action is taken
As an older child Francis Timmons and a brother were fostered where Francis suffered abuse
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A county home survivor who was used for vaccine trials as a toddler said apologies are empty unless action is taken on the back of tomorrow’s report.