A commission of inquiry into the scandal of the former "
mother-child houses
" for single mothers in Ireland revealed 9,000 deaths in these institutions held for decades by Catholic nuns, according to a report released Tuesday.
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The Prime Minister Micheal Martin announced that he would present the "
apology
" of the Irish State in the case that has revealed "levels
of concern
" of mortality in these establishments. "
It is difficult to imagine the scale of the tragedy and grief behind this figure of 9,000 children and babies
," said the Irish Minister for Children, Roderic O'Gorman.