Éidín O'Shea
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Mass Infant Grave in Ireland Shocks World, but Irish Gov’t Slow to Respond
Yet another horrific story of historic abuse has emerged in Ireland. In what has become a disturbing pattern, it was mostly the international media who reported that the remains of 796 children and babies (a count which excludes the stillborn) had been found interred in a concrete septic tank in the grounds of a since-abandoned mother-and-baby home in Tuam, county Galway. The home was run by Catholic nuns from the Sisters of Bon Secours between 1925 and 1961.
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Mass Infant Grave in Ireland Shocks World, but Irish Gov’t Slow to Respond
Yet another horrific story of historic abuse has emerged in Ireland. In what has become a disturbing pattern, it was mostly the international media who reported that the remains of 796 children and babies (a count which excludes the stillborn) had been found interred in a concrete septic tank in the grounds of a since-abandoned mother-and-baby home in Tuam, county Galway. The home was run by Catholic nuns from the Sisters of Bon Secours between 1925 and 1961.
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