Mother and baby home campaigner died three months before his redress case was due before High Court

Fellow survivors, campaigners, family members and friends of the late Derek Linster, a former Bethany Home survivor and long-time campaigner gathered for a memorial service in his honour at Mount Jerome cemetary in Dublin. Photograph Moya Nolan

A memorial service for one of the country’s well-known mother and baby home campaigners, has heard he died three months before his case for redress who due before the High Court.

Up to 40 people gathered at Mount Jerome Church in Dublin to remember Derek Linster, a survivor of the Protestant-run institution, who died on 19 November 2022.