‘Urgent need’ for probe of forced adoption

UN rapporteur: Mother and baby homes probe ‘not broad enough’

‘Urgent need’ for probe of forced adoption

A United Nations special rapporteur has said there is an urgent need for a comprehensive examination of forced and illegal adoptions here and warned the State’s investigation into mother and baby homes “is not broad enough to uncover the full scale of illegal adoptions”.

Maud de Boer-Buquicchio found significant issues with the “limited scope” of the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes.

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