Irish Examiner: Credibility issue on mother and baby homes

Disappointment with the revelation that some evidence offered by mother and babies homes witnesses were deemed not to have met a legal standard.

The recent disappointment around the report on mother and baby homes report, when it was revealed that evidence offered by a significant number of witnesses was disregarded as it did not meet a "legal standard", was the latest in a litany of events undermining the credibility our inquiry system.

Another all too frequent response to one inquiry or another is that the consequences of damming findings can be underwhelming.