Parliamentary Debates (Official Report - Unrevised) Dáil Éireann Friday, 12 June 2009 - Page 2

Parliamentary Debates (Official Report - Unrevised) Dáil Éireann Friday, 12 June 2009 - Page 2: "The second sad case is that of Marion Howe, a baby of 11 months who was entrusted to the care of the nuns in Goldenbridge orphanage in Inchicore in 1955. She entered the convent as a healthy child on 17 May but was dead four days later, having sustained serious visible physical injuries. There were large holes in the bone in both of her knees. The family went to the Garda Síochána but got no satisfaction. In the words of the doctor’s report, she had died of acute dysentery. There are so many question marks about this case that I want to support the call by the family that the remains be exhumed so we can find out precisely what happened on that occasion in those sad circumstances"