Two Government departments had access to a 2012 report on “shocking”
levels of infant deaths at Bessborough Mother and Baby home — despite
initial claims that it did not have the report. Earlier this month, the Irish Examiner revealed that a 2012 HSE report
highlighted the “wholly epidemic” infant deaths rates at the Cork home
and said:
“The question whether, indeed, all of these children actually died while in Bessborough, or whether they were brokered into clandestine adoption arrangements, both foreign and domestic, has dire implications for the Church and State, and not least for the children and families themselves.”
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/departments-had-access-to-mother-and-baby-home-report-338233.html
“The question whether, indeed, all of these children actually died while in Bessborough, or whether they were brokered into clandestine adoption arrangements, both foreign and domestic, has dire implications for the Church and State, and not least for the children and families themselves.”
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/departments-had-access-to-mother-and-baby-home-report-338233.html