Conference Addresses Institutional Abuse in Ireland

Legislation required to allow for the excavation of human remains at the site of the former Tuam Mother and Baby Home may allow for exhumations at the sites of similar institutions, Irish Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Katherine Zappone, STM '86 said in her keynote remarks at the "Towards Transitional Justice: Recognition, Truth-telling, and Institutional Abuse in Ireland," held at BC last week: Irish Times. Additional media coverage, including interviews with Associate Professor of English and Irish Studies James Smith, the conference organizer: RTE, Irish Times, Times of London, Irish Independent, Irish Central, Irish Examiner 1, Irish Examiner 2,Newstalk