Cormac McConnell: Mother-and-baby fairytale amid gloom

The dreadfully shocking revelations about the Tuam Babies buried in a sewer, in unmarked graves, has shocked and shamed the entire nation this week.

The horrific prospect is that even more scandals will be shortly revealed, when there is a national check on all the mother and baby homes throughout the state.

It is frightening, and touches the core of Irish societal values and stigmas, right up to the present day.