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Replicating past mistakes? The Irish government, survivors, and the mother and baby homes report
Aoife O’Leary McNeice (@aolmcn) On January 13 2021 the Irish Taoiseach Michéal Martin made a public apology to the survivors of mother and baby homes. ‘It is the duty of a republic’ he said, ‘to accept parts of our history which are deeply uncomfortable’. Martin’s predecessors made similar apologies. In May 1999, then Taoiseach Bertie…
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