IRELAND
Irish Independent
Ralph Riegel
Published 09/06/2014
TEDDIES and toys were carefully tied to the gates of the notorious former Bessborough mother and baby home in Cork as potent symbols of stolen innocence.
Mothers who lost babies and endured the cruelty of the regime wept openly.
Children who were adopted by other families away from their birth mothers sobbed as they struggled to imagine the horrors suffered inside the grim gates.
Now, mothers, children and relatives are united with one purpose – for the truth.
“This isn’t a protest … it is a campaign. We want the truth. We want justice to be done and we want Bessborough to be included in any inquiry,” Helen Murphy said.
Helen was born at Bessborough and left the home when she was seven months old.
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