'People are re-traumatised': Backlash from survivors of mother and baby homes

Flowers and figurines at the memorial to 222 children from the Bethany Mother and Child Home, at Mount Jerome Cemetery, Harold's Cross, Dublin. Picture: Brian Lawless

Survivors of mother and baby homes have hit out at "hurtful, insensitive and disrespectful" comments from a member of the Commission of Investigation which they say is further evidence that their voices were not heard. 

Professor Mary Daly, one of three members of the Commission, sparked controversy when she spoke out about the Commission’s work for the first time at an online event organised by Oxford University.