Opposition calls for redress scheme for mother and baby home survivors

Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald said the State had been complicit in the abuses carried out at the homes. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Opposition politicians have called for the Government to put in place an appropriate redress scheme following publication of the "harrowing" report of the Commission on Mother and Baby Homes. 

Across the political spectrum, politicians called for the voices of survivors to be amplified over the coming weeks and months.