The final report of an inquiry into the mother-and-baby homes is to be published Tuesday. The Sunday Independent newspaper, which disclosed leaked details of the report, said it found that 9,000 children died in 18 different homes during the 20th century. One in seven of all children born in the homes died, far above Ireland’s nationwide infant mortality rate. Church-run homes in Ireland housed orphans, unmarried pregnant women and their babies for most of the 20th century. The last of Ireland’s mother-and-baby homes did not shut down until the late 1990s.

Source: Egypt Independent January 12, 2021 10:41 UTC