‘We cannot say we didn’t know’

I refer to the latest revelations concerning the appalling discovery of a mass grave in Tuam, and the cruel and humiliating treatment of young women and their babies in Bessborough.

It would appear that a well-rehearsed response is already beginning to swing into action.

That well-worn, and oft-uttered phrase; ‘But sure what could we do?’ is already tripping from lips. This phrase implies that back then, things were different and people were powerless in the face of Church and State collusion into the cruel and inhuman treatment of the vulnerable, within our society.