Liz Dunphy: Mother and Baby Homes law 'biggest betrayal' of survivors

Sealing off the records of such institutions for 30 years means 'the secrets, the lies, the silence, they’re now law', writes Liz Dunphy

Laura Whalen, curator of the Bábóg Project, with some of the thousands of tiny hand-made dolls, to honour babies who died in Ireland's mother and baby homes, which she is gathering in West Cork. Picture: Denis Minihane 

“Just under Ireland's skin, in a shallow grave, is a wound so deep it runs to the core of this land.

“It is filled with red pain, suffering, shame, hate, fear. It runs throughout the whole country, silently touching every man, woman and child.”