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# mother-and-baby homes

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Second excavation gets underway into alleged mass grave at Mother and Baby home
8 Feb 2017
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Over 400 potential witnesses come forward after mother and baby homes appeal
27 Jul 2016
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Adopted people are desperately trying to seek their natural families - before it's too late
25 Jun 2016
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"Ireland saw her as a fallen woman - but she was my mother"
25 Sep 2015
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'I've got family at last': Brothers born in mother and baby homes reunited after nearly 80 years
27 Aug 2015
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Should adopted children have the right to contact their natural mother? Not if it endangers vulnerable women
Paul Redmond
31 Jul 2015
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'Deeply wrong': Labour TD abstains from vote on mother and baby homes inquiry
29 Jan 2015
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Mother and baby home survivor: My son is in his 42nd year - I might never get to hug him
9 Jan 2015
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The Government is on track to finally investigate mother-and-baby homes
8 Jan 2015
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Fears that survivors will die before mother-and-baby home probe even begins
17 Dec 2014
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Should the mother-and-baby homes inquiry include orphanages?
15 Nov 2014
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"It's so important to get this inquiry right"
13 Nov 2014
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Just one priest agreed to be interviewed for documentary on mother-and-baby homes
19 Oct 2014
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Heart-wrenching documentary shines light on adoption trade of Irish 'illegitimate children'
18 Sep 2014
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Opinion: No person or institution can be left behind in the mother-and-baby home inquiry
Mairead Healy
17 Jul 2014
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'I never fought with her over toys': Here is Anne Ferris's moving Dáil speech about her sister
17 Jul 2014
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It's politicians' last day in Leinster House before the summer holidays, here's what they're up to
17 Jul 2014
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Here's the latest information about the Tuam mother-and-baby home
16 Jul 2014
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Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
16 Jul 2014
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Number of maternity homes a difficulty for mother and baby inquiry
16 Jul 2014
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Today we'll know who will chair the mother-and-baby home inquiry
16 Jul 2014
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We'll find out more about the mother-and-baby homes inquiry tomorrow
15 Jul 2014
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Austerity has 'weakened' the human rights of Ireland's most vulnerable
14 Jul 2014
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This 1940s letter describes the 'decent class' of unmarried mothers who were 'first offenders'
14 Jul 2014
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Mother-and-baby home survivors concerned over ministerial switch-around
13 Jul 2014
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Opinion: It may seem heartless, but we shouldn't fund an inquiry into religious-run homes
Regina Bushell
8 Jul 2014
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Victims of mother-and-baby homes should give evidence in public if they want to - Human rights group
1 Jul 2014
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Inquiry should 'examine all issues faced by children born out of wedlock'
30 Jun 2014
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Opinion: Adoption, illegitimate children and ‘the bogey of proselytism’ in Catholic Ireland
Amy Bracken
29 Jun 2014
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'Traumatised': Seventh nurse attacked by patient in Kerry psychiatric unit
27 Jun 2014
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Have you ever kept a pregnancy hidden? You're not alone
24 Jun 2014
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TD says sending children to adult psychiatric units is 'inhumane'
22 Jun 2014
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Here's a list of maternity homes in Ireland in 1947
22 Jun 2014
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Here's how to make a submission to the mother and baby homes inquiry
18 Jun 2014
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New TD Ruth Coppinger on the frustrations of Leinster House
18 Jun 2014
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State 'robbing adoptees of their identities' by denying access to birth certs
15 Jun 2014
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"Cold, uncaring, uncivilised": The mother-and-child home where 222 babies died
15 Jun 2014
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Opinion: Where does fatherhood feature in story of mother-and-baby homes?
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy
14 Jun 2014
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Here's a letter giving state approval of Tuam mother and baby home
14 Jun 2014
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Opinion: It is a bittersweet time for victims of institutional abuse – the least we can do is listen
Mairead Healy
13 Jun 2014
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