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Mother and baby homes believed to give Irish women 'every chance of keeping their secret'
A report into ‘destitute Irish girls’ investigated the problem of unmarried pregnant women travelling to England.
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Government was worried about hiking up tax on booze in 1984 because we were so broke...
… but they did it anyway.
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Jan 1st 2015, 10:15 AM
Taoiseach's office had to confirm that 'Éire' would NOT be removed from Irish stamps in 1982
Questions were asked whether An Post should be given an “entirely free hand” in the designing of stamps.
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Dec 31st 2014, 7:00 PM
Ireland wanted to sell water to Saudi Arabia for $5 a barrel in the 1980s
There was one problem… Japan also wanted to.
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Dec 28th 2014, 8:45 AM
Number of maternity homes a difficulty for mother and baby inquiry
The Commission have been asked to include a wide range of institutions within their scope of their inquiry.
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Jul 16th 2014, 4:32 PM
This 1940s letter describes the 'decent class' of unmarried mothers who were 'first offenders'
The letter details how one hospital was struggling to find foster mothers for children.
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Jul 14th 2014, 7:25 AM
Death rate of babies at Tuam mother and baby home was double the rate of other homes
The returns from local authorities, disqualifying Dublin, shows that 17% of babies under the age of one died in registered maternity homes that year.
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Jul 14th 2014, 7:00 AM
Here's a list of maternity homes in Ireland in 1947
Under the Maternity Homes Act 1934 every local authority in Ireland had to register the maternity homes in the county with the Department of Health.
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Jun 22nd 2014, 8:45 AM
Department of Health says it will return state files to National Archive
The records are there for anybody who wants to view them – unless there are personal details involved.
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Jun 12th 2014, 10:39 PM
State files removed from National Archive following mother and baby home revelations
Over 40 other state documents recalled by the Department of Health have yet to be returned.
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Jun 12th 2014, 2:22 PM