Tánaiste wants full probe into 'disrespectful' leak of mother and baby homes report

Babies vests with messages on them hang on the fence of the Dáil during a candlelit vigil in memory of the Tuam babies. Picture: file

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has called for a full investigation into the leaking of the mother and baby home report and the person responsible "held to account".

Describing it as "disrespectful" to survivors who have waited more than five years for the report, Mr Varadkar suggested that the leak could only have come from a very small number of people within Government who were given the full document to read over Christmas.