IRELAND
The Journal
CHILDREN’S MINISTER CHARLIE Flanagan has said that a number of departments are looking into how best to address the issues raised as a result of the allegations of a mass grave on the grounds of a former children’s home in Galway.
Flanagan said in statement today that, “active consideration is being given to the best means of addressing the harrowing details emerging regarding the burial arrangements for children who died many years ago in mother and baby homes, and the many questions raised regarding these deaths”.
Speaking to TheJournal.ie yesterday, Flanagan said that said he was shocked by the “appalling revelations” about the home and said that he expected it to be discussed at yesterday’s Cabinet meeting.
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