IRELAND
Newstalk
8 Mar 2017
Kenneth Fox
President Michael D Higgins has called the recent findings of human remains in Tuam, a necessary step in “blowing open the locked doors of a hidden Ireland”.
Speaking at a reception to celebrate International Women’s Day 2017, President Higgins dedicated some time in his speech to the recent findings in Tuam.
Mr Higgins said “there are dark shadows that hang over our meeting, shadows that require us all to summon up yet again a light that might dispel the darkness to which so many women and their children were condemned, and the questions left unanswered as we moved on.
“The recent horrifying revelations of a mass grave of babies in Tuam, discovered as a result of the relentless work of local historian, Catherine Corless, is another necessary step in blowing open the locked doors of a hidden Ireland.
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