# mother-and-baby-homes - Wednesday 6 October, 2021
# The North
# The North
The announcement comes after an independent panel recommended a public inquiry.
# High Court
# High Court
Leinster has campaigned for over 20 years for the inclusion of Bethany Home and other Protestant institutions in redress schemes.
# mother-and-baby-homes - Tuesday 5 October, 2021
# Inquiry
# Inquiry
An expert panel has recommended an ‘integrated investigation’ by a non-statutory independent panel, feeding into a statutory public inquiry.
# mother-and-baby-homes - Saturday 18 September, 2021
# Magdalene Laundries
# Magdalene Laundries
A new book explores Magdalene laundries and the State’s response to institutional abuse.
# mother-and-baby-homes - Thursday 16 September, 2021
# Mother And Baby Homes
Survivors of mother and baby institutions have been told to submit FOI requests, despite already applying under GDPR A number of women are considering legal action, Órla Ryan reports Noelle Brown says the latest development is "despicable" and "ridiculous"
# mother-and-baby-homes - Wednesday 1 September, 2021
# Vaccine Trials
# Vaccine Trials
The pharma company has today published information about nine trials it carried out in Irish institutions between 1934 and 1973.
# mother-and-baby-homes - 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
# mother-and-baby-homes - Wednesday 28 July, 2021
# Philomena Lee
# Philomena Lee
Philomena Lee and Mary Harney are among the women taking legal action against the State.
# mother-and-baby-homes - 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
# mother-and-baby-homes - Wednesday 14 July, 2021
# Opinion
# Opinion
25 academics will launch an alternative summary of the commission’s report today.
# mother-and-baby-homes - Tuesday 13 July, 2021
# Information And Tracing
# Information And Tracing
Survivors of Mother and Baby Homes have said “the right to truth is key”, an Oireachtas Committee heard today.
# High Court
# High Court
Eight women are taking legal action against the State.
# mother-and-baby-homes - 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.
# mother-and-baby-homes - Friday 9 July, 2021
# GDPR
A data expert says the Minister for Children's approach breaches GDPR, Órla Ryan writes Survivors have said a GP should not be involved in the process - at odds with the Department Minister Roderic O'Gorman is in discussions with Cabinet colleagues about new regulations
# mother-and-baby-homes - Thursday 8 July, 2021
# Personal Data
# Personal Data
Solicitor Simon McGarr said his client, a Mother and Baby Home survivor, “remains amongst the living”.
# mother-and-baby-homes - Thursday 24 June, 2021
# Justice Media Awards
# Justice Media Awards
The president of the Law Society of Ireland said this year’s entries were ‘legal journalism at its finest’.
# mother-and-baby-homes - Tuesday 22 June, 2021
# Philomena Lee
# Philomena Lee
Eight women are taking legal challenges over the Mother and Baby Homes report.
# mother-and-baby-homes - Saturday 19 June, 2021
# Terri Harrison
# Terri Harrison
“We were just like machines for them, they definitely dehumanised us.”
# mother-and-baby-homes - Wednesday 16 June, 2021
# High Court
A number of survivors are seeking judicial reviews of the Commission of Investigation's final report The Government is set to argue that Lee and others taking legal action are not identifiable in the final report, Órla Ryan reports It will also stress the fact that, although set up by the Government, the Commission acted independently
# mother-and-baby-homes - 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”.
# mother-and-baby-homes - 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?"
# mother-and-baby-homes - 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
# mother-and-baby-homes - 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
# mother-and-baby-homes - 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
# mother-and-baby-homes - Monday 7 June, 2021
# Data Protection
# Data Protection
The Data Protection Commissioner raised concerns about the handling of survivor testimony and delays in responding to queries.
# mother-and-baby-homes - Friday 4 June, 2021
# Mary Daly
Pressure is mounting on the commissioners to appear before the Oireachtas Children's Committee, Órla Ryan writes The invitation asks the commissioners to attend a meeting on 17 June Over 100 academics and historians have signed a letter outlining their concerns with the Commission's final report
# mother-and-baby-homes - Thursday 3 June, 2021
# 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
# mother-and-baby-homes - 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
# Oxford University
# Oxford University
Members of the Oireachtas Children’s Committee have criticised the fact that Professor Mary Daly will appear “behind closed doors”.
# mother-and-baby-homes - Saturday 29 May, 2021
# Concert
# Concert
Survivors, adoptees and Christy Moore will perform in an event at the National Concert Hall tonight.
# mother-and-baby-homes - Friday 28 May, 2021
# Data Protection
# Data Protection
The department is asking for individuals’ contact details in case their data is in records requested under GDPR.
# mother-and-baby-homes - Wednesday 26 May, 2021
# Cork
# Cork
An Bord Pleanála said it is “not satisfied that the site was not previously used as, and does not contain, a children’s burial ground”.
# mother-and-baby-homes - Tuesday 18 May, 2021
# Identification Of Remains
# Identification Of Remains
The minister has discussed plans for “very significant DNA-based identification process”.
# mother-and-baby-homes - Tuesday 11 May, 2021
# Adoptions
The legislation will provide a clear right of access for adopted people and others with questions on their origins to birth certs, birth and early life information. The Bill will have to first undergo pre-legislative scrutiny, which is expected to take place in the coming months. A separate memo addressing the issue of illegal birth registrations was brought to Cabinet this morning.
# mother-and-baby-homes - Wednesday 5 May, 2021
# Child Protection
# Child Protection
Tusla said perpetrators may have been involved in the abuse of multiple children over time.
# mother-and-baby-homes - Sunday 2 May, 2021
# Long Lost Sisters
Both women sought to find their birth parents, but instead discovered each other, Órla Ryan writes A social worker 'stumbled across' information that changed their lives forever They say adopted people have a right to their birth certs and medical history
# mother-and-baby-homes - Thursday 29 April, 2021
# Abuse
# Abuse
An Garda Síochána has found “insufficient evidence” in the Commission’s report to start any criminal investigations.
# mother-and-baby-homes - Wednesday 28 April, 2021
# Meeting
# Meeting
Representatives from the pharmaceutical giant met with Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman today.
# mother-and-baby-homes - Tuesday 27 April, 2021
# Burials Bill
# Burials Bill
The Children’s Committee today discussed legislation that would allow exhumations and re-interment of remains at the sites of former mother and baby institutions.
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