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The burial place of over 850 children who died in Bessborough, or shortly after being transferred to hospital from there, remains unknown.
Events at Tuam described by O’Gorman as ‘a stain on our national conscience’
Survivors group against excavating site at Bessborough, Committee hears A barrister representing the Cork Survivors and Supporters Association told an Oireachtas committee that it views any excavation of the site where members believe the graves are as ‘desecrating the last burial place of the children, a place where they have rested together for 40, 50, and 60 years’. Pic Larry Cummins Ann Murphy A BARRISTER representing survivors of the Bessborough Mother and Baby Home has told an Oireachtas committee that excavating children’s graves at the site would be desecrating their burial pl...
Tipp FM Text 083 311 3311 Photo: Adoption Rights Alliance It’s claimed a new bill which would allow for the exhumation of remains at mother and baby homes could damage survivors’ chances of finding out what happened to their loved ones. That’s according to the Irish Council for Civil Liberties who were before the Oireachtas Children’s Committee yesterday on the Institutional Burials Bill. PRO of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home Alliance Breeda Murphy says the legislation would have a bearing on homes across the country including Sean Ross Abbey in Roscrea. “What we have to ...
New bill to allow exhumation of remains at mother and baby homes could damage survivors' chances of knowing what happened loved ones That's according to the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, who are before the Oireachtas Children's Committee this morning on the Institutional Burials Bill. The committee is scrutinising the proposed legislation and will hear from campaigners including Catherine Corless, as well as the Human Rights and Equality Commission, and a number of forensic archaeologists. It's believed up to 800 babies could be buried in a mass grave on the site of the T...