# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Friday 18 February, 2022
# Tuam
# Tuam
If the legislation passes in the coming months, the site of the former mother and baby institution in Tuam may finally be excavated.
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Thursday 20 January, 2022
# Mother And Baby Homes
# Mother And Baby Homes
Survivors say they will keep protesting until the scheme is changed.
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Wednesday 12 January, 2022
# New Law
# New Law
Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman said the Bill represents “a massive step forward” but campaigners have criticised elements of the legislation.
# Vaccine Trials
Sally McAndrew says nuns threatened to put her in a vaccine trial when her mother put off signing her adoption papers 'Every day you don’t sign, your daughter is getting a needle in her arm and will be screaming in pain' Sally says her biological father received her home address when he paid £5,000 to nuns, Órla Ryan reports
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Sunday 9 January, 2022
# FOI
Only 40 survivors have received their medical files to date from the Department of Children, Órla Ryan reports The majority of survivors received the records via Freedom of Information requests, rather than through GDPR Just 10 people got their records after a GP signed off on the process, The Journal can reveal
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Friday 24 December, 2021
# Burials Bill
The site of the former mother and baby home may be excavated five years after a "significant" quantity of human remains were found Survivors, relatives and archaeologists have called for the Tuam site to be excavated urgently, Órla Ryan reports The long-awaited Burials Bill and the Birth Information and Tracing Bill are expected to be published in the next two months
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Friday 17 December, 2021
# Philomena Lee
Today's settlement has been described as a "significant victory" for Philomena Lee and Mary Harney, Órla Ryan reports The State has admitted the women are identifiable in the Commission's report and should have been given a right to reply "We’ve been totally vindicated ... This time our voices have been heard in terms of justice," Harney said
# High Court
# High Court
The women want certain elements of the final report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes quashed.
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Saturday 11 December, 2021
# Netherlands
# Netherlands
The woman who set up a register to reconnect people who passed through the Mother and Baby Home system in the Netherlands wants to share her knowledge with Ireland.
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Thursday 2 December, 2021
# Philomena Lee
# Philomena Lee
Justice Garrett Simons wants to hear more submissions before making a decision in the new year.
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Monday 22 November, 2021
# Mother-and-baby Homes
# Mother-and-baby Homes
People who were born in a mother and baby institution but spent less than six months there are excluded from the scheme.
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Sunday 21 November, 2021
# Mother-and-baby Homes
The Government's €800 million Mother and Baby Homes redress scheme was unveiled during the week Women say basing compensation on their length of stay in an institution is "absolutely disgraceful" The exclusion of many people born in institutions is a "divide and conquer" strategy, survivors tell Órla Ryan
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Thursday 18 November, 2021
# Mother-and-baby Homes
# Mother-and-baby Homes
Ruling in Mother and Baby Home cases could have “very dramatic consequences” on how future commissions operate, High Court told.
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Wednesday 17 November, 2021
# Mother And Baby Homes
# Mother And Baby Homes
The women are seeking to have elements of the final report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes quashed.
# Commission
# Commission
The cases are being brought by high-profile survivors Philomena Lee and Mary Harney.
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Tuesday 16 November, 2021
# Mother-and-baby Homes
# Mother-and-baby Homes
The Government unveiled the long-awaited Mother and Baby Home redress scheme earlier today.
# Commission
# Commission
The Cabinet signed off on the details of a long-awaited redress scheme today.
# Compensation
# Compensation
The Cabinet is set to sign off on the details of a long-awaited redress scheme later today.
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Monday 15 November, 2021
# Redress
# Redress
The NI Executive is accepting all the recommendations made by an expert panel last month.
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Saturday 13 November, 2021
# Adoption
Maria Arbuckle was sent from Armagh to St Patrick's mother and baby home in Dublin in 1981 She spent the next four decades trying to find her son, Paul A Facebook friend request earlier this year changed her life forever, Órla Ryan reports
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Wednesday 10 November, 2021
# Tuam
# Tuam
The proposed legislation raises “serious concerns in relation to the State’s compliance with its international legal obligations”, the groups note.
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Sunday 7 November, 2021
# The Missing Children
Survivors, relatives and archaeologists are calling for the site to be excavated urgently, Órla Ryan reports They want DNA testing carried out to identify the remains of the children buried in Tuam A new documentary explores the search for the truth about what happened to those who disappeared
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Wednesday 6 October, 2021
# High Court
# High Court
Leinster has campaigned for over 20 years for the inclusion of Bethany Home and other Protestant institutions in redress schemes.
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Thursday 16 September, 2021
# Mother And Baby Homes
Survivors of mother and baby institutions have been told to submit FOI requests, despite already applying under GDPR A number of women are considering legal action, Órla Ryan reports Noelle Brown says the latest development is "despicable" and "ridiculous"
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Wednesday 1 September, 2021
# Vaccine Trials
# Vaccine Trials
The pharma company has today published information about nine trials it carried out in Irish institutions between 1934 and 1973.
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Saturday 31 July, 2021
# Forced Adoption
The survivor saw the letter, written in 1980, for the first time last month, Órla Ryan reports "I think ye should all be presented with a medal for your fantastic work," the letter states The woman believes her late mother wrote the letter praising the nuns, pretending to be her
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Wednesday 28 July, 2021
# Philomena Lee
# Philomena Lee
Philomena Lee and Mary Harney are among the women taking legal action against the State.
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Tuesday 27 July, 2021
# Judicial Review
The cases, being brought by Philomena Lee and Mary Harney, will be heard in late October or November, Órla Ryan reports A third test case, involving Mari Steed, may also proceed at a later date Eight women are seeking judicial reviews of the Commission of Investigation's final report
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Tuesday 13 July, 2021
# High Court
# High Court
Eight women are taking legal action against the State.
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Monday 12 July, 2021
# Alternate Report
# Alternate Report
A new report has found “significant evidence” of inhuman treatment and forced adoptions in Mother and Baby Homes.
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Friday 9 July, 2021
# GDPR
A data expert says the Minister for Children's approach breaches GDPR, Órla Ryan writes Survivors have said a GP should not be involved in the process - at odds with the Department Minister Roderic O'Gorman is in discussions with Cabinet colleagues about new regulations
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Thursday 8 July, 2021
# Personal Data
# Personal Data
Solicitor Simon McGarr said his client, a Mother and Baby Home survivor, “remains amongst the living”.
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Saturday 19 June, 2021
# Terri Harrison
# Terri Harrison
“We were just like machines for them, they definitely dehumanised us.”
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Wednesday 16 June, 2021
# High Court
A number of survivors are seeking judicial reviews of the Commission of Investigation's final report The Government is set to argue that Lee and others taking legal action are not identifiable in the final report, Órla Ryan reports It will also stress the fact that, although set up by the Government, the Commission acted independently
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Tuesday 15 June, 2021
# Kathleen Funchion
# Kathleen Funchion
The Oireachtas Children’s Committee will work “very closely with the minister and the department regarding the next steps”.
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Sunday 13 June, 2021
# GDPR
A survivor's daughter says the approach is "incomprehensible" and raises "serious questions" The woman's form is "littered with inaccuracies" and "in no way" captures her suffering "In what world is rape or incest a relationship status?"
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Saturday 12 June, 2021
# Commission
Mother and Baby Home survivors say recent developments have silenced them all over again, Órla Ryan reports One of the women taking legal action against the Commission's findings says she will continue to fight for justice The commissioners have refused the latest invitation to appear before the Oireachtas Children's Committee
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Friday 11 June, 2021
# Questions And No Answers
A first invitation was sent in February and a second in June Both the Taoiseach and Tánaiste have urged the commissioners to answer questions Oireachtas committee members unaware of the invite refusal until after the letter was reported
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Tuesday 8 June, 2021
# Roderic O'Gorman
Roderic O'Gorman has told survivors that the Commission into Mother and Baby Homes was not prohibited from using their testimony "For my own part, I want to be clear - you are believed," the minister said Survivors and relatives have said the latest revelations are "insulting" and "dehumanising", Órla Ryan writes
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Friday 4 June, 2021
# Mary Daly
Pressure is mounting on the commissioners to appear before the Oireachtas Children's Committee, Órla Ryan writes The invitation asks the commissioners to attend a meeting on 17 June Over 100 academics and historians have signed a letter outlining their concerns with the Commission's final report
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