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Friday 18 September 2020
€30 million in State funding has been spent on the site over the last two decades.
A new book seeks to highlight how much this period in Irish history still impacts on people today.
He called on the Church to avoid returning to attitudes it had shown in the past.
The commission said the affidavit from the congregation that ran the mother and baby home was “speculative, inaccurate and misleading”.
Bridget said her son’s name was changed from William to Gerard as he would be easier to offload.
Deirdre Wadding says her time in the Cork mother and baby home in 1981 has haunted her ever since.
Some 25,000 files have been handed over by the Sacred Heart Adoption Society to the Cork offices of Government agency ‘TUSLA’.
Children’s Minister Charlie Flanagan has encouraged those who wish to make a submission to “act without delay”.
It is believed the trials took place between 1960 to 1976.
MORE THAN THREE-quarters of people would support the government looking into the prospect of a four-day work week, according to a new survey.
This means doing the same job for the same salary, but over four days rather than five.
There have been calls for this idea to be explored already and the Four Day Week Ireland campaign today released details on its public attitude survey conducted last month.
Two out of three respondents said a four-day work week is “realistic and achievable” in the medium term.
67% of employers said they support the idea and 46% said it would be “feasible” to trial in their workplace.
“The four-day week, with no loss of pay, offers the potential of a genuinely better future for workers and employers alike,” said Joe O’Connor, director of campaigning with Fórsa trade union.
What may once have seemed like a radical concept is now, for many, a reasonable and rational ambition. The Covid-19 pandemic has further disrupted societal and workplace norms, while illustrating the potential for very different models of work.
So today we’re asking: Would you support a four-day work week?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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