# mother-and-baby homes

Last year

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

# Redress

Mother and Baby Homes: People will have up to five years to apply for redress under new scheme

New payment bands for compensation have now been confirmed.

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Oct 17th 2022, 6:09 PM

# Roderic O'Gorman

Mother and Baby Homes: Survivors say redress scheme ignores the trauma of family separation

The controversial €800 million scheme was approved by the Cabinet today.

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Oct 11th 2022, 6:00 PM

Voices

Opinion: Last week, birth information became accessible - but the law doesn't go far enough

Adoption rights campaigner Claire McGettrick says the State’s recent conduct in this area must be recognised as a war of attrition.

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Oct 11th 2022, 10:20 AM

# review scrapped

Mother and Baby Homes: Some consequences - like testimonies - are more important than others

Nearly two years after the Commission of Investigation published its final report, survivors are still being ignored, Órla Ryan writes.

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Oct 8th 2022, 8:30 AM

# Vaccine Trials

Mixed-raced people had 'childhood stolen' in Irish institutions & redress must be extended, UN says

Conrad Bryan believes he was subjected to a vaccine trial, and not placed for adoption, because of the colour of his skin.

UN human rights experts have criticised the Government's response to the "systemic racism" faced by people who passed through State and religious-run institutions

The experts say the Government's planned redress scheme for survivors of mother and baby homes is inadequate

Conrad Bryan believes he was subjected to a vaccine trial, and not placed for adoption, because of the colour of his skin, Órla Ryan reports

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Sep 23rd 2022, 8:30 PM

# boarded out

'100 years of injustice': Survivors call for mother and baby home redress scheme to be extended

“Violation of human rights could become a thorn in the side of this Government.”

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Sep 15th 2022, 5:30 PM

# project infant

'These were babies, not numbers': New website documents deaths in mother and baby homes

Project Infant has been created by student Daniel Loftus.

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Sep 11th 2022, 7:30 AM

# mother and baby homes

'This isn't justice': Relatives criticise fact Bessborough site won't be excavated like Tuam

The burial place of over 850 children who died in Bessborough mother and baby home, or shortly after being transferred to hospital from there, remains unknown.

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Sep 2nd 2022, 3:11 PM

# holy land

The Explainer x Noteworthy: Are religious property proceeds going to redress?

Noteworthy’s Maria Delaney tells Susan Daly about how over €90 million worth of properties were sold.

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Aug 30th 2022, 5:45 PM

THE MORNING LEAD

Religious orders involved in redress sold properties totalling €90 million since 2016

A report by

Maria Delaney

Investigation by Noteworthy finds these congregations paid €27m to the State in redress during this time.

Investigation by Noteworthy finds these congregations paid €27m to the State in redress during this time

70% - or just under €250m - of redress for institutional child abuse now paid by congregations

Mother and baby institution survivor: "I have no expectations... It’s cold, hard business."

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Aug 29th 2022, 12:05 AM

# bessborough home

Campaigners 'outraged' over plan to build 420 apartments on Bessborough mother and baby home site

Plans were lodged with An Bord Pleanála earlier this year by Estuary View Enterprises.

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Aug 25th 2022, 6:24 PM

# mother and baby home

Campaigner criticises Government’s exhumation plans at Tuam mother and baby site

Anna Corrigan said she ‘fears’ that by focusing on the Co Galway site, the Government will ‘ignore’ other mother and baby institutions.

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Aug 15th 2022, 6:47 PM

THE MORNING LEAD

Tusla cannot confirm how many records it has about St Gerard's mother and baby home

A report by

Órla Ryan

The Child and Family Agency refused an FOI request from Tuam survivor Peter Mulryan, saying it could not locate records about his sister.

Tusla confirms it has records about St Gerard's but can't say how many, Órla Ryan reports

The agency said it cannot read the documents unless a person requests them via FOI or under GDPR

Tusla refused an FOI request from Peter Mulryan, saying it cannot locate records about his sister

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Aug 14th 2022, 12:05 AM

THE MORNING LEAD

'Two babies from one family, gone': Tusla unable to locate records despite 'extensive' search

A report by

Órla Ryan

Tuam survivor Peter Mulryan says it’s “awful” that records for his older sister, Bridget, cannot be found.

Tuam survivor Peter Mulryan says it's "awful" that records for his older sister cannot be found, Órla Ryan reports

Peter believes there is a chance Bridget may have been incorrectly listed as dead, before being adopted

Records related to St Gerard's were given to Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, in 2017

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Aug 3rd 2022, 12:05 AM

THE MORNING LEAD

'Where is she?': Survivor of Tuam home discovers he has a second sister with no burial record

A report by

Órla Ryan

Peter Mulryan is going public with his search for information about a second sister, Bridget, who passed through St Gerard’s in Dublin.

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Jul 28th 2022, 4:08 PM

# Redress

Independent office to lead excavation of Tuam Mother and Baby Home site

Minister for Children Roderic O’Gorman proposed the office be set up following the signing into law of the Institutional Burials Act.

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Jul 27th 2022, 5:41 PM

# Court

More Mother and Baby Home survivors to take legal action if they're excluded from Redress Bill

There is mounting pressure on the Government to extend the redress scheme to cover extra survivors.

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Jul 13th 2022, 5:10 PM

# catherine corless

Tuam mother and baby home site to be excavated after President signs Burials Bill into law

The legislation will also allow for the excavation and reburial of remains at the sites of other former institutions.

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Jul 13th 2022, 12:04 PM

# Redress

6-month rule and legal waiver must be scrapped from Mother & Baby Home redress plan, committee says

The Children’s Committee also said the relevant religious congregations “must contribute significant finances to fund the scheme”.

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Jul 12th 2022, 9:02 PM

# burials bill

Long-awaited bill passed to allow excavation of remains found in Tuam

The legislation allows the children’s remains found at the site to be excavated, recovered, and finally given a formal burial.

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Jul 7th 2022, 12:11 PM

# birth information bill

Adopted people will finally get access to records after President signs Bill into law

The Bill provides for the release of an adopted person’s birth certificate and early life information.

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Jun 30th 2022, 2:34 PM

# bessborough

Council unable to find burial place of babies despite checking records of 13 graveyards

Mary Donovan’s siblings are among the 923 children who died at Bessborough mother and baby institution in Cork.

Cork City Council has been unable to find the burial place of babies who apparently died in Bessborough, Órla Ryan reports

Mary Donovan believes her siblings may be buried in Bessborough - or have been adopted in the US

The twins are among 923 children who died at the mother and baby institution in Cork

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Jun 28th 2022, 12:05 AM

# Derek Leinster

Bethany Home survivor 'highly concerned' by legal delays as State seeks more time to respond

The State believes parts of Derek Leinster’s case fall outside the statute of limitations.

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May 30th 2022, 2:28 PM

# State apology

Taoiseach ‘more than willing’ to offer State apology for illegal birth registrations

Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman yesterday issued an apology in the Seanad on behalf of the Government.

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May 11th 2022, 6:33 PM

# Redress

'People are dying before they get justice': Another member leaves Mother and Baby Home forum

Conrad Bryan said survivors are not being listened to when it comes to redress, so he’s taking matters into his own hands

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Apr 15th 2022, 7:00 AM

# new regulations

Mother & Baby Homes: GPs no longer have to sign off on requests by survivors to get health records

New regulations have come into force after months of uncertainty and threats of legal action.

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Mar 29th 2022, 5:55 PM

# SITE OF CONSCIENCE

Remembrance centre to be located at site of former Magdalene Laundry on Sean McDermott Street

The centre will honour survivors of mother and baby homes, industrial schools, reformatories, Magdalene laundries and related institutions.

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Mar 29th 2022, 4:45 PM

# St Patrick's Guild

'It's an insult': €3,000 payment for people who were illegally adopted criticised

The payments will only apply to people whose illegal adoptions were facilitated by St Patrick’s Guild.

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Mar 14th 2022, 3:45 PM

# boarded out

'This will haunt the Government': Call for extension of MBH redress, or for new Commission to be held

“If you don’t want to compensate people for violating their human rights, don’t violate their human rights.”

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Mar 6th 2022, 7:00 AM

# mother and baby homes

PSNI probe 29 allegations around mother and baby homes in Northern Ireland

Over 14,000 girls and women entered mother and baby homes, Magdalene laundries and other institutions between 1922 and 1990.

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Feb 28th 2022, 11:50 AM

# Coroner

Burials Bill: New law will allow for Tuam mother and baby home and other sites to be excavated

The restriction on the jurisdiction of the coroner has been removed entirely from the legislation.

The legislation will allow the excavation, recovery and analysis of remains at the site of the former mother and baby institutions

The restriction on the jurisdiction of the coroner has been removed entirely from the Bill

Catherine Corless said today is "a good day", Órla Ryan reports

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Feb 22nd 2022, 4:25 PM

# Cabinet

Burials Bill will be published today, paving the way for Tuam site to finally be excavated

Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman will bring the draft legislation to Cabinet this morning.

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Feb 22nd 2022, 6:00 AM

# Tuam

Long-awaited Burials Bill to be published next week

If the legislation passes in the coming months, the site of the former mother and baby institution in Tuam may finally be excavated.

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Feb 18th 2022, 2:58 PM

Voices

Opinion: Our rights as adopted people will not be enshrined in law, they'll be in grave danger

Adoption rights campaigner Claire McGettrick responds to the new Birth Information and Tracing Bill.

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Jan 21st 2022, 7:00 AM

# mother and baby homes

'I'll protest until I die': Call for 'forgotten' boarded out children to be given redress

Survivors say they will keep protesting until the scheme is changed.

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Jan 20th 2022, 12:21 PM

# New Law

Adopted people to get access to their birth certs and other records under new legislation

Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman said the Bill represents “a massive step forward” but campaigners have criticised elements of the legislation.

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Jan 12th 2022, 4:30 PM

Voices

Roderic O'Gorman: We hope today's legislation will right decades of wrongs against adopted people

Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman reacts to the new Birth Information and Tracing Bill launched today.

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Jan 12th 2022, 2:00 PM

# New Law

Adopted people will no longer have to attend mandatory information session when seeking records

The long-awaited Birth Information and Tracing Bill will be published today.

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Jan 12th 2022, 6:30 AM

# Vaccine Trials

Mother told daughter would 'get a needle in her arm every day' until she signed adoption papers

Sally McAndrew says nuns threatened to put her in a vaccine trial when her mother put off signing her adoption papers.

Sally McAndrew says nuns threatened to put her in a vaccine trial when her mother put off signing her adoption papers

'Every day you don’t sign, your daughter is getting a needle in her arm and will be screaming in pain'

Sally says her biological father received her home address when he paid £5,000 to nuns, Órla Ryan reports

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Jan 12th 2022, 12:05 AM