Micheál Martin: “We need to be realistic and need to be honest with people in respect of what we can achieve via this legislation.”

This has been a major failing of an organ of the State that cannot be downplayed.

I want to apologise to those men, Jason Clancy, Paul Walsh, Kevin Keating, Colin Power, Barry Murphy, Simon O'Toole and Gerard Mullane.

Bessborough is of huge importance to many people and families, at home and abroad.

The Government had made more progress on childcare in the last five years than in the previous 30.