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Wednesday 2 December 2020
An adoption rights group said recent debates “have caused huge distress, with severe implications for people’s mental health”.
The government released a statement about the Mother and Baby Homes this evening.
The minister has defended the legislation but said he regrets poorly communicating what it intends to do.
Mary Harney shares her personal story on a day where the fate of records of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes was debated on the Dáil floor.
Powerful testimonies of survivors from mother and baby homes were read out in the Dáil last night.
The Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes is due to submit its final report later this month.
McGuinness was also asked about being Irish, trust, and Michael D’Arcy as part of the three-hour hearing before MEPs.
The burials took place between 1922 and 1998.
They have agreed they will “adopt consistent standards” on the issue in the wake of sexual assault and harassment scandals here and abroad.
Cavan and Monaghan are also set to gain TDs under the new boundaries.
“I ask for your thoughts, your frustrations, your experiences, and your ideas,” chair Kathleen O’Toole said.
Decisions are to be made over what is to happen with the exhumation of remains from the Tuam site, those affected say.
The Commission into Mother and Baby Homes wrote to Minister Katherine Zappone before the ‘very shocking’ news broke.
And how does it differ from a Commission of Investigation?
The report describes normal usage as “a public service.”
The survivor who wants to bring the case said that it had taken 23 years to get to this point.
The commission has been granted an extension to the time frame for the publication of two of the three reports it is preparing.
They are seeking the remit of the commission to be widened and will hold a protest against it today.
In a media interview Joe O’Toole expressed his support for the charges.
The Siteserv inquiry is having problems, but Catherine Murphy “is not giving up”.
The action follows Operation Yewtree in the United Kingdom.
And they mean business. Marvin.ie are looking to give Just Eat a serious run for their money in a sector that is getting bigger and bigger…
Search for Joe Lynskey, who disappeared forty years ago, may happen next.
Garda whistleblower John Wilson has said he will fund raise for Nessa Childer’s legal costs in the case that Phil Hogan proceeds with threatened action.
Leaders have arrived in Brussels for a summit to fill two of the EU’s top jobs. Enda Kenny’s also been talking about Phil Hogan’s prospects…
And it would probably be something a little bit more sophisticated than the piggy bank pictured.
James Reilly has taken over at the Department of Children — just days before the establishment of the large-scale inquiry into mother-and-baby homes.
Children’s Minister Charlie Flanagan is hoping to have the terms for the wide-ranging Commission of Investigation set up before the Dáil summer recess…
Survivors, campaigners and academics say the scope of the Commission may need to be widened to take in private nursing homes, mental institutions and smaller mother-and-baby homes.
The group also want assurances new legislation regarding adoption information and tracing be considered.
Sinn Féin’s deputy leader has called for a public inquiry to look into all mother and baby homes nationwide.
Minister Phil Hogan is looking for expressions of interest from people suitable to sit on the Commission.
The commission is aimed at protecting minors against abuse in the Catholic Church.
Further revelations about what happened at the garda watchdog’s Dublin offices are expected this weekend.
“It would be lovely to be able to say we could be certain one way or the other,” GSOC’s Kieran Fitzgerald said last night.
There’s to be an increase of two per cent next year in terms of value, but reductions for certain stocks will also be brought in.
They are tasked with looking at how to protect children from paedophiles, how to better screen men for the priesthood and how to help victims.
The commission will investigate the bank’s legal structure and the activities of the secretive financial institution.
A patient must consent to the treatment, but if they decide against it a decision can be overridden by two psychiatrists.
A focus on managing illness rather than a patient’s recovery is the experience across Ireland’s mental health services.
THE SHOPS ARE back, festive music is playing and the weather is going to get absolutely Baltic this week. Even though it’s been a strange year, you’d know Christmas is on the way.
But although it’s a time for giving and the shops are open again, the usual scenes of charity fundraisers on the streets will likely be less frequent due to public health concerns.
Many people make a point of putting some money, food or other items away to make a donation to a particular cause around this time of year, and will likely have to go a bit out of their way to do so in 2020.
Are you one of those people? This morning we want to know: Will you be giving to charity this Christmas?
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