'Mother & Baby Homes inquiry discounted hundreds of survivors' testimonies

Mother & Baby Homes Commission member Prof Mary Daly has hit out at interested parties who had 'the nerve' to question the commission's findings. Picture: Laura Hutton/RollingNews.ie

The Mother and Baby Home inquiry discounted the testimony of hundreds of survivors because it was given in private, a commission member has revealed.

Prof Mary Daly has admitted that the testimony of mothers and those born in institutions was not considered, as anything contained in the main report of the commission had to "meet robust legal standards of evidence".