Elaine Loughlin: How many times will baby home survivors be failed by State?

Having survivors' stories re-recorded and held in a museum will not solve the issues raised about the flawed final report by the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation.

Candles, Childhood mementos, tokens of lost children placed at a sculpture and rembrance plaque and inscription near the former mother and baby home at Bessborough, Cork. Picture: Larry Cummins

When the survivors of mother and baby homes came forward to tell their story, some speaking for the first time, they expected that they would be listened to.

Instead, the often painful and highly emotive lived experiences of 500 people who spoke to the Confidential Committee were almost considered idle chat, not to be treated with the same weight as other information that was provided directly to the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation.