Letters to the Editor: Mother and baby homes residents have still received no redress

One reader responds to Alison O'Reilly's article about mother and baby homes, while others consider issues including free speech, water quality, and the new recycling scheme

'Long-time leader of former Bethany Home residents Derek Linster predicted he would not live to see restitution. How right he was,' writes Niall Meehan. Picture: Nick Bradshaw

Alison O’Reilly reported wrangling between the State and religious orders on funding payments to former residents of mother and baby institutions — ‘Redress a game of “wait and die'’ (Irish Examiner, January 24). The stark fact is that, three years after a government commitment, former residents have received nothing.

Long-time leader of former Bethany Home residents Derek Linster predicted he would not live to see restitution. How right he was. Born in 1941, Derek died in November 2022. That is shameful.