Irish Examiner view: 'Sorry' must be followed by restitution

Mother and baby homes State apology

An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, giving a State apology in the Dáil yesterday to the survivors of mother and baby homes, following the publication yesterday of the final report of the Commission of Investigation. Photo: Sam Boal /Rollingnews.ie

WE have heard a lot of apologies since the publication of the report into the mother and baby homes. It has come from the Catholic Church hierarchy, those who run religious institutions, and political leaders, most notably Taoiseach Micheál Martin who offered a public apology in the Dáil yesterday.

The taoiseach apologised for the shame and stigma which the women and children were subjected to and which, for some, he said "remains a burden to this day".