Irish Examiner view: A better future for children of the nation

The grounds of the unmarked mass grave containing the remains of nearly 800 infants at the Bon Secours mother-and-baby home in Tuam, Co Galway. The ongoing efforts of the families affected by mother and baby homes  to find justice for generations of Irish children shows how far we have to go in this respect. Picture: Laura Hutton/RollingNews.ie

We are, as we are constantly told by those in government and in opposition, a rich country. So why do we have so many deficiencies?

The death of any child is particularly grievous, but to learn that not only are many of Ireland’s child deaths preventable, but that the number has not fallen is distressing in its own right.