Clodagh Finn: Gulf between findings and evidence must be clarified

Witnesses gave evidence to Mother and Baby Homes Commission report but their words failed to make any impact on its findings

Children's toys and flowers sit at the 'Little Angels' memorial plot in the grounds of Bessborough House in Blackrock, Cork.  Picture: Laura Hutton/RollingNews.ie

I’d like to dedicate this space to some of the witnesses who gave evidence to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes but whose words failed to make any impact on its findings.

We are still no closer to understanding why that happened, but their experiences and their testimony deserve an airing, alongside the findings that so clearly ignore them.