Adoptions aftermath

The mother-and-baby homes scandal may force the Government to address the issue of forced and illegal adoptions which the State has avoided dealing with for decades, writes Conall Ó Fátharta.

ANY inquiry into what happened in Ireland’s mother-and-baby homes will raise the ugly spectre numerous governments have wished to avoid — forced and illegal adoptions.

It has been enlightening to see politicians and various sections of the media express disgust and horror that deaths occurred in mother-and-baby homes, when such details have been known for years.