Search for mother and baby homes speaker:James Heffernan (KildareStreet.com)

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Catherine McGuinness (19 Jun 2014): James Heffernan: It is very nice to meet you, Catherine. I thank our guest and Senator Jillian van Turnhout for reminding me that politics is not completely futile and that there is light at the end of the tunnel in some cases. I agree with Ms McGuinness 100% that it was not the nuns who sent girls with crisis pregnancies to the mother and baby homes but their parents and grandparents. However, it would not...

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