The State is responsible for several mass abuses, including breaches of human and constitutional rights, an alternative expert report into mother and baby homes has found. The alternative expert report has rejected a number of the findings contained in the executive summary of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes. Involuntary detention Commission: There is no evidence that women were forced to enter mother and baby homes by the Church or State authorities. Alternative: The State must take account of the harms of forced family separation, and associated breaches of constitutional and human rights. Redress for mothers Commission: Women who entered mother and baby homes after 1973 do not have a case for redress.

Source: Irish Examiner July 12, 2021 05:26 UTC