Mother and baby homes

Sir, – I have been struggling to find a single word to encapsulate the feeling of betrayal at the evidence that seeps from the story of the deaths of all those vulnerable babies and little children. It is “unspeakable”. – Yours, etc,

PATRICK JUDGE,

Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin.

Sir, – Your front page headline (April 18th) was about the burial of babies in a septic tank, with the Taoiseach quoted as saying that our society had to atone for this treatment of its children.

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The second headline on the front page was about the unhappiness of homeless children currently living in Government-provided family hubs today. These hubs were described by some of the children as being “like a children’s jail”.

Nothing has changed. – Yours, etc,

PAVEL MARIANSKI,

Dungarvan, Co Waterford.