The Minister of State with Responsibility for Mental Health, Kathleen Lynch, stated on May 8, that Alan Shatter "clearly handled some issues badly".

Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s intimation that former residents of the Bethany Homes and Summerhill Training Centre may also be included in a redress scheme, much like that for the Magdalene women, will be applauded.

THE survivors of a Protestant home for unmarried mothers where more than 200 babies died have asked for the Government’s position on including it in the redress scheme.