The Cathaoirleach of Cavan County Council says the local authority’s involvement in the Mother and Baby Homes makes for ‘grim reading’.
Councillor Sarah O’Reilly issued a formal apology on behalf of the council at this month’s meeting, stating that these girls and women were ‘failed by the state’.
A similar statement was issued by Cathaoirleach of Monaghan county Council Colm Carthy where he added the local authority is committed to supporting measures including memorialisation and access to archives and records.
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Councillor O’Reilly says that an apology cannot take away what happened however, it does acknowledge the part the local and health authority in Cavan played from 1954 to the early 90’s:
