Latest: Call for Vatican to pay for Tuam site 'nothing more than a publicity stunt', say survivors

The Tuam Home Survivors Network has savaged the appeal to the Pope by Children's Minister Katherine Zappone for funds for the Mother and Baby Home site, calling it "nothing more than a publicity stunt".

Latest: Call for Vatican to pay for Tuam site 'nothing more than a publicity stunt', say survivors
Tue, 28 Aug, 2018 - 11:10

By Noel Baker, Social Affairs Correspondent

Update 10.40am: The Tuam Home Survivors Network has savaged the appeal to the Pope by Children's Minister Katherine Zappone for funds for the Mother and Baby Home site, calling it "nothing more than a publicity stunt".

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