Pressure on Government to allow free vote on Mother and Baby Homes Commission extension
Mary Smith and Mary Ryder take part in a socially distanced and online protest outside the offices of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission in Dublin, as they call for an inquiry to be extended and Efforts to be stepped up in the retrieval of deleted audio testimony. Picture: Damien Storan.
The Government is coming under pressure from within its own ranks to provide a free vote on extending the lifetime of the mother and baby homes commission.
Fianna Fáil TD Niamh Smyth has urged her party leader Taoiseach Micheál Martin to directly intervene to ensure the commission is not wound up at the end of this week.
