Yes! The commission made several blunders due mainly to a lack of knowledge of medicine and current scientific research. Even some of their historical interpretation…
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Did many politicians read the 3,000 page commission of invesigation report?
Many politicians, even those with responsibility for current child welfare, did not read the report. Astonishing as it may seem, many on the floor of…
Did anybody — outside of a few medics — give a damn?
Yes. The commission of investigation were of the opinion that outside of a few medics, no one gave a damn about high infant mortality rates.…
Were most illegitimate children born outside mother and baby homes?
Yes – only a fraction of the total number of illegitimate births took place in mother and baby homes. Moreover, many children were reared by…
Were children murdered in mother and baby homes?
No. Babies continued to be murdered by their mother or her family while the mother and baby homes were open. Several mothers were convicted of…
Did the protestant women starve children to death in Dublin?
No. It is a total lie, and one repeated by many politicians in parliament and elsewhere. The story arises from an inept interpretation of the…
Did the Taoiseach read the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes final report?
Micheál Martin read parts and used his imagination to fill in the gaps. He states that crimes were committed, but nowhere in the report are…
Was Ireland a “deeply misogynistic society”?
Emphatic no. If anything, Ireland was a deeply philogynistic society which sought to protect women. Feminists now view old world philogyny as patriarchal condescension, but…
Were women imprisoned in mother and baby homes?
No. A total lie. Women had to apply to get into a home, none were forced against their will by the authorities. Moreover, as part…
Were women abused in mother and baby homes?
No and kind of! Women were not abused in mother and baby homes, full stop. However, the commission interpreted some of the living conditions as…
