‘This Local Authority Is Humbly Sorry’

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From top: Tuam Mother and baby burial site: James Charity, Cathaoirleach Galway County Council

This morning/afternoon.

Galway County Council has issued a formal statement including an apology by the Chief Executive Kevin Kelly and Cathaoirleach James Charity for the failings of the local authority in the operation of the Tuam mother and baby home.

Via Galway County Council:

“As Cathaoirleach of the County of Galway, on behalf of the Members, the Chief Executive and staff, I offer a sincere and humble apology for the failings of this local authority.

We are deeply sorry that this Council did not do enough to ensure appropriate care, compassion and protection to the mothers and babies who passed through the threshold of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home, and to those children who were born and died there.

We further deeply regret that Galway County Council did not ensure there were enough safe- guards and measures in place to guarantee and ensure that children boarded out from the Home were better cared for, protected and cherished.

To the shame and sorrow of all of us, this Council did not ensure that those who died in the Tuam Mother and Baby Home were afforded the dignity of an appropriate place of rest, which was the very least that they deserved.

We are profoundly sorry, that as a local authority, this Council did not have the foresight or courage to at all times to ensure the welfare of those entrusted to its care was paramount, and to be kinder, more compassionate, and more charitable.

To all those with a personal connection to the Tuam Mother and Baby Home, in particular, the frightened mothers and innocent children, to their families and to the people of County Galway, Ireland and beyond, this Local Authority is humbly sorry.”

Meanwhile…

“The Council acknowledges the commitment by Government to advance burials legislation to support the excavation, exhumation and, where possible, the identification of remains together with their dignified reburial. The Council has and will continue to actively assist the ongoing work to implement the Government’s agreed course of action and response for the Tuam site.

Kevin Kelly, Galway County Council CEO

Galway County Council issues apology following report on Tuam mother and baby home (Galway Bay Fm)

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3 thoughts on “‘This Local Authority Is Humbly Sorry’

  1. VAnon ™

    Ah now Kevin
    Don’t go betraying your statement “on behalf of the Members, the Chief Executive and staff, I offer a sincere and humble apology for the failings of this local authority. and so on

    with your meanwhile …The Council has and will continue to actively assist the ongoing work to implement the Government’s agreed course of action and response for the Tuam site.

    Get the bloody County Coroner up of his  ̄へ ̄
    Get an Autopsy for each set of remains, and hold an Inquest in each death

    Stop saying one thing, and then doing something entirely different
    You’re failing everyone you listed in your earlier statement all over again

  2. Truth in the News

    Galway County Council have certain legal powers in relation to the burial site in Tuam….indeed
    who owns it, while present members and executive administration are not the culprits for the
    wrongs or mistakes of others, they need to offer an explanation of how they dealth with Catherine
    Corless when she initially sought information from this local authority.

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