The Irish state has been found to have colluded with 4 orders of a religious sect in the wrongful incarceration of thousands of innocent women and children. The Irish state and it’s politicians, police and others are quite simply, complicit in crimes against humanity. All of those who served in govt. before 1996 should be held to account for these crimes, so too should the religious orders, their bishops, priests, nuns and any of the lay people who conducted the everyday operations of these slave camps. It is not good enough for the likes of Kenny to just turn around and apologise for the harsh conditions in a harsh country in which these women and children were held, that is simply not going to wash. There has to be accountability this time, prosecutions MUST take place, religious orders MUST be made to pay for their crimes and those who ordered the detentions be they dead or alive must also pay the price for their illegal actions against the innocent victims of this heinous episode in Irish history. The evidence of what happened is there for all to see, what more does Kenny need? These victims have suffered long enough the people of Ireland MUST insist that they are now given justice, recompense and above all an apology that means something, this is a national disgrace, a shameful and a grotesque failure of common humanity by a state to it’s own people, the most vulnerable of whom were children and disabled citizens who should have been looked after by the state, not handed over to religious thugs and barbarians who sought to dehumanise them and use them as slaves so they could profit from their unpaid labour, or to be sold abroad to fill the coffers of the despicable orders who saw nothing wrong with selling human beings. The UN, Amnesty, the EU, the European Court of Human Rights all need to involved in setting up a fully independent investigation of what has happened to these women and children with the religious orders involved and every politician, police officer, civil servant or ‘suit’ involved investigated for their actions or inactions and made to testify under subpoena if need be so that the truth can be revealed and the victims finally given the justice they are entitled too.

I demand the State takes full responsibility for the abuse of human rights suffered by these poor women .
Typical Church power over people that is now at an end.
NEVER AGAIN .

Strong photographic image but conveys the truth. In my work Ive had to study such reports and have professionally come across many forms of abuse still inflicted on children today. Though the State are learning. Albeit in the capacity that it doesn’t want to fork out financial recompense. Let us never forget the sins of the past so that they never be repeated.

A whitewash, this is dancing on their graves, justice my arshe

Apologize??? Prison is too good for the colluders … Past and present Government party TDs who were TDs prior to 1996 should all face court. They do not deserve to be allowed to roam the streets freely, as far as I am concerned.

I don’t think he’s going to find a loophole even if he actually reads all 1000 pages himself. why delay an apology? It’s textbook arse covering… and another massive slap in the face to all the tens of thousands of women who suffered at the hands of the nuns. As I mentioned in another comment – I think the mega rich church should compensate the victims… I would forgive the state for passing them the bill.

No have you not read the previous article – Enda must read the report in full before commenting on it and then discuss it in 2 weeks time, that’s how our dear Taoiseach doesn’t get things done

This is really no surprise – the church WAS the state in those days, they’re all as responsible as each other.

Why do we have to listen to amnesty about this report? Why can’t we just read the report by itself?