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#motherandbabyhomesreport A V LONG thread
I have not commented on the publication of the Commission of Investigation’s Final Report into Mother and Baby Homes (M&BH) until now because I wanted to read through as much of the 3,000 page report as I possibly could before commenting
Taoiseach @MichealMartinTD apologised on behalf of the State to former residents of M&BH earlier today. In his apology, he said that “the report gives survivors what they have been denied for so long: their voice, their individuality, their right to be acknowledged”

I disagree…
Scant regard was given to survivors when details of the report were leaked earlier this week.

We have form with leaks in this country!

While I understand that leaks are important in journalism, I do NOT agree with this when it comes to victims of state abuse or state failures
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I've been v quiet the last week as I've found it a v difficult week. What started with passing of the amazing Ruth last Sunday then leads to today, Irenes 3rd Anniversary since her passing. I really want to first thank everybody for all of the kind messages I've received today(1)
I'm always grateful of the continued support and compassion my boys and I receive, so thank you from the bottom of my heart. Irene was taken from this world far to early and now we know it should never of happened. She was denied the opportunity to be a mother to her children(2)
a wife to her husband, a daughter to her parents, an older sister to her sisters, an Aunt to to nieces and nephews, a friend to her friends and for what? Failed by her state, failed by the health care system she worked in and also relied on. I stood by Irene for 2 years as she(2)
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