A nun told me: 'You're dirt' - Women's voices from the mother and baby homes

Girls from just 12 years of age up to women in their 40s gave birth to 57,000 children in the mother and baby homes. File photo: Larry Cummins

Today, the Commission of Investigation has found that 56,000 unmarried mothers, some as young as 12, passed through, Ireland's mother and baby homes.

They were aged from just 12 years old to women in their 40s and they gave birth to 57,000 children in the institutions.