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Profile: Catherine Corless

Catherine Corless

25/03/2017

BBC Radio 4 - Profile, Catherine Corless

The story of Catherine Corless, who has been described as 'Ireland's Erin Brockovich'.

The story of Catherine Corless, the amateur historian from Galway who exposed the horrifying story of a mass grave at a Catholic institution.

Catherine Corless has made headlines around the world for exposing the horrifying story of a mass grave of almost 800 infants at a former institution for unmarried mothers run by nuns. Corless has been described as "Ireland's Erin Brockovich"; an ordinary woman and amateur historian who, in her dogged pursuit of the truth, took on the Catholic Church, the Irish government and members of her own community - and won. The case has shaken Ireland and provoked very difficult questions about how women and children were treated at Catholic institutions in the past. 

Presenter: Becky Milligan 
Producer: Ben Crighton.

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