IRELAND
BBC News
The remains of 474 infants were transferred from mother-and-baby homes to medical schools over 25 years, the Irish minister for children has said.
The minister, Katherine Zappone, revealed the figure as she addressed the Dáil (Irish parliament).
She made a statement following last week’s revelation that “significant quantities” of human remains had been found at one of the homes in Tuam.
Ms Zappone said the Tuam discovery “confirmed what we had all feared”.
The minister also paid tribute to the “tireless” County Galway historian Catherine Corless, whose personal research led to the inquiry and an excavation of site.
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