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'Who paid for my flight? Who gave permission to take me out of England?'

Terri Harrison, who was taken from England to Ireland against her will in the 1970s because she was pregnant, wants answers.

Terri Harrison was taken from England to Ireland against her will in 1973 because she was pregnant and unmarried

She was forced into two different mother and baby institutions and her son was adopted without her consent

Decades later, she is still searching for answers, Órla Ryan reports

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Dec 4th 2022, 12:05 AM

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Redacted Lives: Why survivors felt let down by the Commission into Mother and Baby Homes

The latest episode in our podcast series examines how the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes gathered evidence.

The latest episode in our podcast series examines how the Commission into Mother and Baby Homes gathered evidence

Many survivors felt as though the inquiry was a chance for Irish society to finally find out what truly happened in these institutions

But the final report didn’t come to the conclusions that many experts expected, leading people to ask: How?

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Dec 1st 2022, 6:00 AM

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Who will chair the mother-and-baby inquiry? The Minister's been given a list of candidates

The Commission of Investigation into the State’s network of mother-and-baby homes is expected to be set up before the Oireachtas summer recess.

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Jul 10th 2014, 4:12 PM

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International judge should chair mother-and-baby investigation, survivors say

Groups representing survivors of the institutions are meeting with Children’s Minister Charlie Flanagan today.

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Jul 10th 2014, 7:45 AM

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Want a say on the mother-and-baby inquiry? Midday today is the deadline...

Children’s Minister Charlie Flanagan is hoping to have the terms for the wide-ranging Commission of Investigation set up before the Dáil summer recess…

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Jun 30th 2014, 6:45 AM