A number of religious organisations have apologised for their role in operating the Mother and Baby Homes.
A research report into operation of the institutions, published on Tuesday, examined eight mother and baby homes, a number of former workhouses and four Magdalene laundries.
Some of those investigated were operated by the Presbyterian Church.
In any forthcoming inquiry, or process, we will certainly co-operate as far as we are able
Right Rev Dr David Bruce
Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland Right Rev Dr David Bruce said: “We deeply regret and unreservedly apologise for the damaging effects of institutional care, in which the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, or its members, played a part.
Around eighty Kildare mothers stayed at Dunboyne mother and baby home says report
Commission says it received few complaints abut Meath home which is now a hotel
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Almost eighty of the 3,156 mothers who were resident at some stage in a mother and baby home at Dunboyne Castle in Meath gave Kildare addresses, according to a report on the home in the Commission on Mother and Baby Homes.
The report, which focuses a lot on the financial discussions between the order which ran the home and Meath County Council (MCC) said MCC had a major role in the running and financing of the home which was open from 1955 to 1991.