# redress - Tuesday 21 September, 2021
# Defective Blocks
# Defective Blocks
Affected homeowners are seeking 100% of the costs associated with fixing their homes.
# redress - Saturday 18 September, 2021
# Magdalene Laundries
# Magdalene Laundries
A new book explores Magdalene laundries and the State’s response to institutional abuse.
# redress - Saturday 19 June, 2021
# Redress
It's been a long road for impacted homeowners and they see no end in sight, Michelle Hennessy reports. Families who spoke to The Journal said they cannot even afford the initial mica test required to apply for the government's grant scheme. They say years of being ignored by government has intensified the stress they are already feeling living in homes that are falling down around them.
# redress - Tuesday 15 June, 2021
# Explainer
# Explainer
Homeowners are protesting in Dublin’s city centre today.
# redress - Wednesday 28 April, 2021
# Meeting
# Meeting
Representatives from the pharmaceutical giant met with Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman today.
# redress - Tuesday 6 April, 2021
# Adoption
# Adoption
Adopted people have called for long-awaited tracing and information legislation to be published as a matter of urgency.
# redress - Sunday 4 April, 2021
# Redress
# Redress
Some survivors have also called on the government to take legal action against the religious orders who ran the institutions if they refuse to pay financial compensation.
# redress - Thursday 25 March, 2021
# Email Addresses
# Email Addresses
Those affected by the breach are “deeply upset and distressed” by the sharing of their email addresses without their consent.
# Bethany Home
# Bethany Home
Leinster, who was born in Bethany Home in Dublin in 1941, has campaigned for redress for over 20 years.
# redress - Wednesday 24 March, 2021
# Mother And Baby
# Mother And Baby
The Irish Council of Civil Liberties has written a letter to the UN Special Rapporteur.
# redress - Wednesday 17 March, 2021
# OAK Consulting
# OAK Consulting
The government has hired OAK Consulting to oversee the consultation process at a cost of €20,000.
# redress - Wednesday 10 March, 2021
# Birth Certs
# Birth Certs
The minister has also launched a consultation process for a redress scheme for survivors of Mother And Baby Homes.
# redress - Sunday 31 January, 2021
# Commission
# Commission
Survivors say they were not informed their testimony would be destroyed.
# redress - Saturday 23 January, 2021
# Child Welfare
# Child Welfare
Academic Máiréad Enright takes a forensic look at the Mother & Baby Home report and shares her concerns with its approach to redress.
# redress - Thursday 21 January, 2021
# Your Say
# Your Say
Senator Rónán Mullen said the money could be collected in addition to Church and State contributions to a redress scheme.
# redress - Sunday 17 January, 2021
# Redress
# Redress
Archbishop Eamon Martin said that the church was “expected to intervene” when society “banished” mothers.
# redress - Wednesday 13 January, 2021
# State Apology
The full report from the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation was released yesterday. The Taoiseach, Tánaiste and Children's Minister issued statements. "The State failed you, the mothers and children in these homes," Micheál Martin said.
# redress - Tuesday 12 January, 2021
# Final Report
Document details the experiences of women and children who lived in 14 mother and baby homes and four county homes. Commission recommends redress, services such as counselling and enhanced medical cards. Taoiseach to give State apology over mother and baby homes in the Dáil tomorrow.
# Mary Harney
# Mary Harney
The long-awaited report will be published today – and survivors want “urgent” action on foot of it.
# redress - Wednesday 3 June, 2020
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
Victims Commissioner Judith Thompson said the treatment of victims by the authorities was “cruel, callous and insulting”.
# redress - Wednesday 4 March, 2020
# Michael O'brien
# Michael O'brien
Michael O’Brien created one of the most powerful moments in Irish television, when he passionately told his story on RTÉ in 2009.
# redress - Tuesday 4 February, 2020
# Banks
# Banks
The Central Bank said last year that lenders had already paid €683 million in redress to impacted customers.
# redress - Tuesday 26 November, 2019
# Institutional Abuse
# Institutional Abuse
Survivors of institutional abuse spoke candidly about the impact of the bill on them.
# redress - Friday 6 September, 2019
# Caranua
# Caranua
The majority of the money will go to the fund, while €429,000 is to be paid to the National Children’s Hospital.
# redress - Sunday 21 October, 2018
# Crumbling
# Crumbling
The government recently announced a redress scheme which has been welcomed, but it has come too late for some.
# redress - Thursday 5 July, 2018
# Justice
# Justice
The government argued that the State’s responsibility can’t be established through a conviction.
# redress - Wednesday 25 April, 2018
# Tracker Mortgage Scandal
# Tracker Mortgage Scandal
37,100 customers affected by the scandal have now been identified, with €459 million in redress paid to date.
# redress - Thursday 23 November, 2017
# Opportunity Lost
# Opportunity Lost
The Ombudsman has been harshly critical of the Department of Justice in his report published this morning.
# redress - Thursday 12 October, 2017
# Justice
# Justice
A number of customers affected by the error shared stories today of the hardship it caused.
# redress - Friday 25 August, 2017
# Sean Mcdermott Street
# Sean Mcdermott Street
A group of survivors and their families gathered at the back of a Dublin Magdalene laundry today to share their stories.
# redress - Thursday 22 June, 2017
# A Life Stolen
# A Life Stolen
Margaret Bullen died in 2003 aged just 50 from a disease possibly linked to her exposure to industrial-strength chemicals in the Laundries where she had lived.
# redress - Friday 14 April, 2017
# Redress
# Redress
CEO Mary Higgins faced tough questions at the PAC over how survivors have been treated.
# redress - Wednesday 12 April, 2017
# Shameful Decision
# Shameful Decision
The Coalition of Mother and Baby Home Survivors called it a “shameful decision”.
# redress - Tuesday 4 April, 2017
# Historical Abuse
# Historical Abuse
The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, one of the 18 congregations investigated by the Ryan Commission, has published a statement on the matter.
# redress - Thursday 23 March, 2017
# Central Bank
# Central Bank
A new report states that 9,900 impacted customer accounts have now been identified by lenders.
# redress - Wednesday 23 November, 2016
# Symphysiotomy
# Symphysiotomy
“The sons and daughters of these women feel that their mothers’ suffering never received any acknowledgment or recognition.”
# redress - Thursday 10 December, 2015
# Abuse
# Abuse
The man suffered significant abuse St Gabriel’s Hospital Cabinteely during the 60s.
# redress - Tuesday 12 May, 2015
# Happy Days
# Happy Days
Certain card-holders are entitled to redress after paying for insurance they don’t need.
# redress - Sunday 18 January, 2015
# Redress Scheme
# Redress Scheme
There has been some difficulty in those who underwent the procedure accessing their medical records.
# redress - Friday 12 December, 2014
# Redress
# Redress
It is anticipated the terms of reference of the Commission of Inquiry will be discussed by Cabinet next week.
Breezy this afternoon with a little rain
Max: 14 °C
Min: 6 °C
Intervals of clouds and sun
Max: 14 °C
Min: 9 °C
