Report on Northern Ireland's Mother and baby homes due to be published

A report into the operation of institutions for women and babies in Northern Ireland is due to be published. Picture: Niall Carson/PA

A report into mother-and-baby homes in Northern Ireland is due to be published today by the Stormont Executive.

Written by a group which the Northern Ireland Executive agreed in February 2016 to set up, it looked into the operation of about 12 mother-and-baby homes and four Magdalene Laundries from 1922-1999.