State's response to racism complaint in mother and baby homes to be approved

It is understood that the State’s defence will be that the Mother and Baby Homes Commission found that mothers and children in these homes experienced "shame, stigma, and discriminatory attitudes, but did not find any clear evidence of systemic racial discrimination in the homes".

The Government is set to approve the State's response to a racism complaint made around mother and baby homes.

The complaint was made to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in 2022 by seven people of African Irish descent.