Yes! The commission made several blunders due mainly to a lack of knowledge of medicine and current scientific research. Even their historical interpretation was often amateurish, rife with presentism. While they did not get everything wrong, their failures highlight broader issues of poor educational standards within Irish academia. Despite their misinterpretation of historical evidence, the report contains enough detail to reveal many inconsistencies between their conclusions and the actual evidence.
The Commission were aware that their report contained errors, but couldn’t be bothered to fix them. Paragraph 71 states.
71. The Commission tried to be as objective, rigorous and thorough as it is possible to be. However, it recognises that the volume of material and the numbers of records analysed mean that it is highly likely that some mistakes were made.
