# forced adoption

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2022

Holly Cairns: Calculating redress based on length of time in an institution is just wrong

The Social Democrats TD says the government’s redress scheme fails to consider human rights violations perpetrated on thousands of women and children.

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Oct 19th 2022, 7:00 AM

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Woman's signature forged on letter saying nuns from Mother and Baby Home 'deserve a medal'

The survivor saw the letter, written in 1980, for the first time last month.

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

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Jul 31st 2021, 12:05 AM

# Commission

'Illegitimate children could contaminate the morals of society so had to be hidden and illegally adopted'

Adopted people and survivors of mother and baby homes say forced adoption was widespread, regardless of what the commission says.

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Jan 17th 2021, 8:00 AM

# Adoption

'We were told our mothers were prostitutes and ne'er-do-wells. My mother was a senior civil servant, aged 30'

Susan Lohan says adopted people have for decades been fed a false narrative about their mothers in the hopes they won’t try to find them.

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Jan 16th 2021, 10:30 AM

# forced adoption

Philomena Lee says Ireland must ensure mother and baby home 'atrocities' never happen again

Lee also said she is “dismayed” that some details from the Mother and Baby Homes report were leaked.

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Jan 11th 2021, 12:37 PM

# mother-and-baby homes

'My mother was tied to the bed and when she couldn't push, one of the nuns sat on her chest'

A new report on mother and baby homes has recommended the State give those affected a statutory right to access files.

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Oct 15th 2018, 10:52 AM