# commission - Saturday 31 July, 2021
# Forced Adoption
The survivor saw the letter, written in 1980, for the first time last month, Órla Ryan reports "I think ye should all be presented with a medal for your fantastic work," the letter states The woman believes her late mother wrote the letter praising the nuns, pretending to be her
# commission - Tuesday 27 July, 2021
# Judicial Review
The cases, being brought by Philomena Lee and Mary Harney, will be heard in late October or November, Órla Ryan reports A third test case, involving Mari Steed, may also proceed at a later date Eight women are seeking judicial reviews of the Commission of Investigation's final report
# commission - Monday 12 July, 2021
# Alternate Report
# Alternate Report
A new report has found “significant evidence” of inhuman treatment and forced adoptions in Mother and Baby Homes.
# commission - Saturday 19 June, 2021
# Terri Harrison
# Terri Harrison
“We were just like machines for them, they definitely dehumanised us.”
# commission - Tuesday 15 June, 2021
# Kathleen Funchion
# Kathleen Funchion
The Oireachtas Children’s Committee will work “very closely with the minister and the department regarding the next steps”.
# commission - Sunday 13 June, 2021
# GDPR
A survivor's daughter says the approach is "incomprehensible" and raises "serious questions" The woman's form is "littered with inaccuracies" and "in no way" captures her suffering "In what world is rape or incest a relationship status?"
# commission - Saturday 12 June, 2021
# Commission
Mother and Baby Home survivors say recent developments have silenced them all over again, Órla Ryan reports One of the women taking legal action against the Commission's findings says she will continue to fight for justice The commissioners have refused the latest invitation to appear before the Oireachtas Children's Committee
# commission - Friday 11 June, 2021
# Questions And No Answers
A first invitation was sent in February and a second in June Both the Taoiseach and Tánaiste have urged the commissioners to answer questions Oireachtas committee members unaware of the invite refusal until after the letter was reported
# commission - Wednesday 9 June, 2021
# Opinion
# Opinion
Catriona Crowe examines the Commission ’s report, details its shortcomings and issues, and explains what needs to happen next.
# commission - Tuesday 8 June, 2021
# Roderic O'Gorman
Roderic O'Gorman has told survivors that the Commission into Mother and Baby Homes was not prohibited from using their testimony "For my own part, I want to be clear - you are believed," the minister said Survivors and relatives have said the latest revelations are "insulting" and "dehumanising", Órla Ryan writes
# commission - Thursday 3 June, 2021
# Opinion
# Opinion
Funchion, who is chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Children, describes her shock over recent issues with the Mother and Baby Home Commission .
# Legal Action
The potential legal action of survivors was seemingly not given the same consideration as legal action from religious orders, Órla Ryan writes The Ryan Commission into child abuse continues to impact how we treat survivors of institutional abuse, a human rights lawyer has argued There is mounting pressure for the commissioners to appear before the Oireachtas
# commission - Wednesday 2 June, 2021
# Mary Daly
Commissioner defends Mother and Baby Home report in first public comments, saying 'ultra legal' approach was needed 'My view is we've done a job and, basically, let's let others go and take it further,' Professor Mary Daly said The evidence given by hundreds of survivors to the Confidential Committee was essentially discounted, Órla Ryan writes
# commission - Wednesday 5 May, 2021
# Safety
# Safety
The deputy Data Protection Commission er said the new media commission has to be able to regulate all types of harmful online content.
# commission - Thursday 29 April, 2021
# Abuse
# Abuse
An Garda Síochána has found “insufficient evidence” in the Commission ’s report to start any criminal investigations.
# commission - Monday 12 April, 2021
# High Court
# High Court
Lee’s life story was made into an award-winning film, Philomena, in 2013.
# commission - Sunday 4 April, 2021
# Redress
# Redress
Some survivors have also called on the government to take legal action against the religious orders who ran the institutions if they refuse to pay financial compensation.
# commission - Saturday 20 March, 2021
# Commission
# Commission
A number of survivors of mother and baby homes have raised concerns about how their requests for personal files are being dealt with by the Department of Children.
# commission - Saturday 27 February, 2021
# Mother-and-baby Homes
# Mother-and-baby Homes
One survivor says her experience was “misrepresented” to a “shocking extent” in the final report by the Commission into Mother and Baby Homes.
# commission - Friday 26 February, 2021
# Deleted Tapes
# Deleted Tapes
The minister noted that members of the commission “can’t be compelled to come before the Oireachtas”.
# commission - Wednesday 24 February, 2021
# Mother-and-baby Homes
# Mother-and-baby Homes
A Social Democrats’ motion to extend the commission’s term by one year had broad support but is non-binding and is not being acted on by government.
# Deleted Audio
# Deleted Audio
The commission is due to dissolve on 28 February but a number of TDs want its term extended amid concerns over deleted audio recordings.
# commission - Monday 22 February, 2021
# Deleted Audio
# Deleted Audio
Social Democrats TD Jennifer Whitmore said the issue “goes beyond party politics”.
# commission - Friday 19 February, 2021
# Testimony
# Testimony
“We all know how difficult it is to permanently destroy electronic information,” the minister said today.
# commission - Tuesday 16 February, 2021
# Commission
# Commission
The minister said the Commission informed him of the latest development today.
# Commission
# Commission
A number of witnesses have contacted the gardaí and Data Protection Commission er to date.
# commission - Tuesday 9 February, 2021
# Institutional Abuse
# Institutional Abuse
People who spent time in Mother and Baby Homes and County Homes say they have been “re-traumatised” by recent developments.
# commission - Friday 5 February, 2021
# Final Report
# Final Report
Committee members are “very disappointed” by the latest development.
# commission - Thursday 4 February, 2021
# Mother-and-baby Homes
# Mother-and-baby Homes
There have been calls for the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes to not be dissolved at the end of the month.
# commission - Sunday 31 January, 2021
# Commission
# Commission
Survivors say they were not informed their testimony would be destroyed.
# commission - Sunday 17 January, 2021
# Commission
# Commission
Adopted people and survivors of mother and baby homes say forced adoption was widespread, regardless of what the commission says.
# commission - Wednesday 13 January, 2021
# Report
# Report
Here is a look at some of the coverage abroad about the report.
# commission - Tuesday 12 January, 2021
# Analysis
# Analysis
‘My mother had been conditioned to feel grateful for the sanctuary of the home as she had committed a terrible sin in having sex outside of marriage and they would take care of her bastard child, me.’
# Final Report
Document details the experiences of women and children who lived in 14 mother and baby homes and four county homes. Commission recommends redress, services such as counselling and enhanced medical cards. Taoiseach to give State apology over mother and baby homes in the Dáil tomorrow.
# Mary Harney
# Mary Harney
The long-awaited report will be published today – and survivors want “urgent” action on foot of it.
# commission - Monday 11 January, 2021
# Burials
# Burials
“I think it was very disrespectful the fact that elements of it were leaked and appeared in a Sunday paper,” the Tánaiste said.
# Bessborough
# Bessborough
Ahead of the commission’s final report being published tomorrow, we’re taking a look back at its interim reports.
# commission - Sunday 10 January, 2021
# Institutional Abuse
# Institutional Abuse
Micheál Martin is to give the apology on behalf of the State and wider society.
# commission - Friday 25 December, 2020
# Final Report
# Final Report
The minister has said survivors will be at the centre of the government’s approach after criticism of how it has handled the situation to date.
# commission - Thursday 3 December, 2020
# Roderic O'Gorman
# Roderic O'Gorman
The report will be published on the week of 11 January, Minister Roderic O’Gorman has confirmed.
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