Bethany records are the proof

It is hard to believe that the Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, instructed his ministers to deal impartially and fairly with the issue of the Bethany Homes.

Bethany has once again been denied justice, and the survivors of this (minority Protestant community), have again been deprived of even-handedness.

Historically, the State starved Bethany of appropriate funding, and failed to implement the law of the land, to give children the protection of the 1908 Children Act, and all other international laws. It is mind-blowing to hear the Justice Minister, Alan Shatter, who was nominated by Kenny to carry out this duty for the citizens of Ireland. Shatter’s colleague, Kathleen Lynch, when in opposition, had to be contained, such was her outburst of passion for the Magdalene and Bethany survivors.