IRELAND
The Journal
SINN FÉIN HAS called for a full public inquiry into mother and baby homes after a mass grave allegedly containing the bodies of almost 800 infants was discovered on the grounds of a former children’s home in Tuam.
The party’s deputy leader Mary Lou McDonald said that any inquiry launched by the government must not focus exclusively on the home in Galway.
She said that similar graves could exist at “dozens” of mother and baby homes across the country.
“As shocking as Tuam has been – and it is very, very harrowing – it’s not an isolated incident at all.
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