Mother And Baby Site Graves Must Be Investigated
Irish Daily Mirror|April 15, 2021
Experts call for coroners to lead ‘unprecedented’ probe
Cate McCurry And Michelle Devane
Mother And Baby Site Graves Must Be Investigated

Coroners should be instructed to investigate mass graves at mother and baby homes, survivor groups and experts have insisted.

Legal expert Phil Scraton said while costs will be “unprecedented”, a price “cannot be put on truth and accountability”.

The Oireachtas Children’s Committee has heard from a range of experts and campaigners as it scrutinised the Industrial Burials Bill.

The proposed legislation will enable an agency to be set up to oversee exhumations of remains.

Campaigners want coroners involved in the investigation of the burials of up to 9,000 babies.

This story is from the April 15, 2021 edition of Irish Daily Mirror.

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