Ireland’s sorrow and our shame

Can one express with deep sorrow and regret what has happened in Ireland since it gained its independence.

Ireland’s sorrow and our shame

And what we have read over the last two weeks.

The Irish Government gave the Catholic Church the right to decide that women, babies and children that were born out of wedlock and born in the Bethany homes were less then subhuman, and decided women who wore a habit and swore an allegiance to God were the best people to look after babies and children.

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