# tuam babies

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Opinion: After two decades as a journalist, no project I’ve handled has been quite as harrowing

In the course of compiling a book about the abuse of children in industrial schools, I came face to face with one of the darkest chapters in Ireland’s history.

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Jun 28th 2014, 7:50 PM

# state files

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

# terms of reference

Here's how to make a submission to the mother and baby homes inquiry

Children’s Minister Charlie Flanagan has encouraged those who wish to make a submission to “act without delay”.

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Jun 18th 2014, 11:29 AM

# Averil Power

State 'robbing adoptees of their identities' by denying access to birth certs

Fianna Fáil senator Averil Power, who was adopted from a mother-and-baby home, has called for access rights to be given,

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Jun 15th 2014, 4:39 PM

# Bethany Home

"Cold, uncaring, uncivilised": The mother-and-child home where 222 babies died

The Bethany Home is to be investigated by the Government’s Commission for Investigation into mother-and-baby homes.

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Jun 15th 2014, 8:45 AM

# tuam babies

County homes ruled out of inquiry to prevent a "bottomless quagmire"

The Minister for Children said the investigation into mother-and-baby homes must have a time-limit and be cost-effective.

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Jun 14th 2014, 8:45 PM

# In Memory

Hundreds attend vigil in remembrance of those who died in mother and baby homes

Crowds marched from the Department of Children and Youth Affairs to the gates of the Dáil last night.

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Jun 12th 2014, 8:20 AM

# who said what

We'll have to "wait and see" who leaked GSOC 'bugging' information - Fitzgerald

The justice minister said that at least seven people had access to the information that was leaked to the media.

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Jun 11th 2014, 11:22 AM

# Oireachtas agenda

Does Ireland's corporate tax rate need to be changed?

TDs will debate the controversial issue in the Dáil today.

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Jun 11th 2014, 9:00 AM

# Inquiry

Bethany Home, where 222 children died, to be included in mother and baby home investigation

The Children’s Minister Charlie Flanagan said today that he was conscious of the grievances felt by those connected to the Bethany Home, a protestant-run home on Dublin’s Orwell Road.

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Jun 10th 2014, 9:40 PM

# statutory investigation

"Huge traffic" between Magdalene laundries and mother-and-baby homes

Justice for Magadalenes Research said today that the laundries should be included in the government’s statutory investigation.

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Jun 10th 2014, 9:22 PM

# Mother and Baby

Taoiseach: If we don't do this properly, Ireland's soul will lie "in an unmarked grave"

Enda Kenny said the Government would consult with all opposition parties, other relevant groups and historians as it began its investigation into mother-and-baby homes.

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Jun 10th 2014, 4:28 PM

# tuam babies

"For anybody to feign shock at this information I think is to be disingenuous" --- Mary Lou

Sinn Féin are tabling a motion calling for a full judge-led inquiry into mother-and-baby homes. Fianna Fáil are expected to back it.

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Jun 10th 2014, 1:07 PM

# tuam babies

Explainer: What is happening with the possible mass grave of children in Tuam?

We look at how the story has unfolded, and the many, many questions that still remain.

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Jun 10th 2014, 11:20 AM

# tuam babies

Taoiseach: 'I think there is much more to this than one mother and baby home'

Cabinet will discuss how best to examine the Tuam mass grave scandal at its meeting this morning.

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Jun 10th 2014, 8:48 AM

Voices

Opinion: Horror doesn't belong to the past, Ireland's most vulnerable are still marginalised and neglected

These are the unpalatable facts: we are living at a time of growing homelessness and food poverty, and we allow vulnerable children to socially excluded, neglected and ignored.

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Jun 8th 2014, 8:30 AM

Voices

Aaron McKenna: The nation, not just the Church, bears responsibility for horrors of the past

For Irish people who lived through these times to claim no knowledge of what went on in places like Tuam is disingenuous – and smacks of “I was only following orders”.

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Jun 7th 2014, 8:00 AM

# 800 babies

Frances Fitzgerald confirms she has ordered a garda report into the Tuam babies revelations

It comes amid ongoing controversy about the mass grave at the site of a former Bon Secours mother and baby home.

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Jun 6th 2014, 3:42 PM

# 800 babies

Taoiseach says he wants to know the full extent of the mass grave in Tuam and if there are other sites

The Children’s Minister said “these revelations are a reminder of our darker past where children were far from cherished”.

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Jun 5th 2014, 11:06 PM

# 800 babies

TD calls for Tuam mass grave to be declared a crime scene

Catherine Murphy was among those to call for a full public inquiry into the situation.

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Jun 5th 2014, 12:58 PM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Morning, folks. Here are the nine big stories you need to know today.

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Jun 5th 2014, 8:23 AM

# tip of the iceberg

Mary Lou McDonald warns that Tuam mass grave could be one of 'dozens'

Sinn Féin’s deputy leader has called for a public inquiry to look into all mother and baby homes nationwide.

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Jun 4th 2014, 4:10 PM

# 800 babies

The world is talking about Tuam's 800 dead babies

Even if the Government hasn’t yet.

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Jun 4th 2014, 11:49 AM