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Fresh calls for NI mother and baby homes inquiry
14-01-2021, 05:36 AM
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Fresh calls for NI mother and baby homes inquiry
Fresh calls for NI mother and baby homes inquiry

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There have been calls for an inquiry into mother and baby homes in Northern Ireland.

It comes as the Irish government is to apologise after an investigation found an "appalling level of infant mortality" in the Republic of Ireland's
homes.

About 9,000 children died in the 18 institutions under investigation.

Mothers and babies who were in similar homes in Northern Ireland want a full inquiry to be held in NI too.

Stormont commissioned research into whether or not there should an inquiry held into the homes which operated in Northern Ireland, is due to be
published by the end of January.

Patrick Corrigan from Amnesty International said the issue of forced adoptions also needs close scrutiny.

"We have had cases of mothers telling us that ultimately, many decades later, when they tried to track down their long-lost children they found
adoption certificates where they said their signature had actually been forged," he said.

"So I think that there is criminality to investigate here and that it behoves the Northern Ireland Executive to set up the inquiry that has long been
sought here and long been denied."

In 2017 research into infant mortality rates at former mother and baby homes in Northern Ireland had prompted initial calls for a public inquiry.

BBC News NI previously spoke to Eunan Duffy who was 47 years old when he found out he was adopted from Marianvale mother and baby home
in Newry, County Down.

It was one of a network of institutions in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland which offered women the voluntary option, for those
who were unmarried, to give birth in private and give their babies up for adoption

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Fresh calls for NI mother and baby homes inquiry - geemong - 14-01-2021 05:36 AM

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