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Mother-and-baby homes: Questions raised over deleted recordings By Eimear Flanagan image captionThe state-wide inquiry investigated 18 homes, including Sean Ross Abbey in County Tipperary Concerns have been raised over the decision to delete audio recordings of witnesses who gave evidence to the Irish mother-and-baby homes inquiry. The recordings were made when former residents were invited to tell their personal stories to the inquiry. Its final report said people were informed before they gav...

It follows yesterday's publication of the long-awaited Commission of Investigation report, which found an appalling level of infant mortality among the children born there.

Survivors want the State to take responsibility for mother and baby homes today.

State Apology Due Today After Mother And Baby Home Report By Hannah Murphy Its after the publication of the long-awaited Commission of Investigation report which found an "appalling" level of infant mortality among the kids born there. There were 9,000 children who died in the 18 institutions examined between the 1920s and 1990s - around 15% of those born. 56,000 unmarried mothers - ranging from 12-year-olds to women in their 40s - passed through the homes b...

A survivor of a mother and baby home says it's now time to put the "misogyny that went on within ...