Judge appointed - Inquiry must be properly resourced

Hopefully, a light will be shone into a dark chapter of Ireland’s past following Judge Yvonne Murphy’s appointment to chair the Commission of Investigation into Church-run mother-and-baby homes.

Her appointment coincides with scathing criticism of the HSE in a series of reports on the untimely deaths of four young people who were either in or known to State child protection agencies when they died.

Having led the mammoth commission of investigation into clerical sex abuse in the Dublin archdiocese, Judge Murphy has a reputation as a fearless and unfaltering investigator, empathetic with the plight of victims. Her appointment is welcome.