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Four views of modern maternity

At St Mary’s Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, Co. Galway, the bodies of hundreds of infants born to unmarried mothers were dumped in a disused sewer. Now, thanks to the heroic efforts of one woman, they will be given a proper burial.

I always felt like something was missing

BEHIND THE BIG CRIME

The past half century has revealed a “consistent and enduring pattern” in human affairs, says Adair Turner. In every society that combines economic prosperity, a well-educated female population and ac