Government challenged for fighting mother and baby home survivors in courts

The Little Angels memorial plot in the grounds of Bessborough in Blackrock, Cork. File picture: Laura Hutton

A survivor of Ireland’s mother and baby homes has challenged the Government to explain why it is appealing a landmark High Court ruling in favour of those excluded from the redress scheme.

Ann Connolly, who was born in Sean Ross Abbey, has written directly to minister for children Norma Foley asking whether the State has chosen to contest the judgment — and warning that doing so would force survivors back into “trauma, delay, and uncertainty”.