Letters to the Editor: More action and less waffle on scandal

Flowers and figurines at the memorial to 222 children from the Bethany Mother and Child Home, at Mount Jerome Cemetery, Harold's Cross, Dublin

I am the chairperson of the Coalition of Mother And Baby home Survivors (CMABS) and I was born in Castlepollard M&B home in 1964; Clodagh Malone was born in the notorious Saint Patricks on the Navan Road in Dublin.

Now that the commission of inquiry has issued its long-overdue final report and the Taoiseach has formally apologised in the Dáil, it seems an opportune moment to draw a deep breath and step back and reflect on the wider issues surrounding these historic events.