‘We deserve to know the truth now, not in thirty years’
Carn artist Sinead Smyth is calling for the seal on the Mother and Baby Homes archives to be lifted.
Carn woman slams decision to seal records of Mother and Baby Homes Commission
A Carn woman has slammed the decision to seal the records of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission as a “huge insult to all Irish people”.
Sinead Smyth joined with artists all over the country in an online demonstration on Sunday afternoon to protest the decision, posting a photo of an eye on the palm of their hands as a sign that the public deserves to view the information.
Archives and survivor testimony, gathered by the commission investigating the homes, will be sealed for thirty years under 2004 legislation. A new Dail bill allows for the transfer of a database of records to Tusla however.
Sinead says the records should be made public and that mothers in particular will “feel the disrespect of this action”.
“I am a mother and any woman who has gone through labour, lost a child, or had to fight to be seen and heard will feel the deep disrespect of this action. Personally, I can’t see how it could possibly be legal.”
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