Mother and baby homes report to be published today

Children's shoes at Bessborough, Cork, a former mother and baby home. Picture: Larry Cummins

The long-awaited Commission of Investigation report into the mother and baby homes will be published on Tuesday.

The 3,000 page final report is a result of the judicial commission of investigation established in 2015 to investigate claims of the improper burial of infants, illegal adoption and cruelty to the women kept in the institutions and will include 1,000 pages of survivor testimony.