Details of a “massive societal failure” and misogyny that “permeated” Irish life for decades will be revealed when the Mother and Baby Homes Commission’s report is published next month, Minister for Children Roderic O’Gorman has said. The 3,000-page report will be brought to Cabinet on the week of January 11th and given to survivors of the homes before being formally released. The commission, established in 2015, investigated the treatment and abuse of women and children in 18 such homes and four county homes between the 1920s and 1990s. “Or indeed vulnerable young women who were taken advantage of by a family member or raped. Mr O’Gorman said work was underway on drafting information and tracing legislation to allow adopted people to have their birth information.

Source: The Irish Times December 30, 2020 00:56 UTC