First inter departmental meeting on mother and baby homes inquiry

Galway Bay fm newsroom – The departments involved in the inquiry into Ireland’s mother and baby homes sparked by the questions over the childrens’ grave in Tuam have met
The grave is beside the former Bons Secours hospital in Tuam town
The first meeting focused on what powers and scope a potential inquiry into the institutions from the 1960s and 70s could have
Childrens’ minister Charlie Flanagan says there will be an update within a month while the Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald is liasing with the Gardai
Patsy McGarry is The Irish Times Religious Affairs Correspondent.
He says work on the inquiry is well underway.