Cabinet to discuss Tuam children’s grave today

Galway Bay fm newsroom – The Children's Minister is expected to tell his colleagues at this morning's Cabinet meeting that a full inquiry into mother and baby homes is now likely. According to The Irish Times, sources now say a full investigation is all but inevitable – not just into one such home in Tuam – but in all homes across the State. It's believed any inquiry would focus on high death rates at the homes, burial practices and forced adoptions. A number of Ministers have voiced their support for a full investigation into the mother and baby homes in recent days - in light of reports about the Bon Secours home in Tuam – where it's thought almost 800 infants and young children died. An inter-departmental scoping examination to establish matters of fact has been underway since last week.