Elaine Loughlin: The voices of survivors have been destroyed

More than 550 people made contact with and spoke to the Confidential Committee

A candle at the Tuam Mother and Baby burial site. File picture: Ray Ryan

In his State apology, Taoiseach Micheál Martin said the final report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission gave survivors what they have been denied for so long: "their voice, their individuality, their right to be acknowledged".

In reality, the voices of those who were silenced for decades, and indeed generations, have yet again been scrubbed.