# 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
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Thursday 3 June, 2021
# Legal Action
The potential legal action of survivors was seemingly not given the same consideration as legal action from religious orders, Órla Ryan writes The Ryan Commission into child abuse continues to impact how we treat survivors of institutional abuse, a human rights lawyer has argued There is mounting pressure for the commissioners to appear before the Oireachtas
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Wednesday 2 June, 2021
# Mary Daly
Commissioner defends Mother and Baby Home report in first public comments, saying 'ultra legal' approach was needed 'My view is we've done a job and, basically, let's let others go and take it further,' Professor Mary Daly said The evidence given by hundreds of survivors to the Confidential Committee was essentially discounted, Órla Ryan writes
# Oxford University
# Oxford University
Members of the Oireachtas Children’s Committee have criticised the fact that Professor Mary Daly will appear “behind closed doors”.
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Saturday 29 May, 2021
# Concert
# Concert
Survivors, adoptees and Christy Moore will perform in an event at the National Concert Hall tonight.
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Wednesday 26 May, 2021
# Cork
# Cork
An Bord Pleanála said it is “not satisfied that the site was not previously used as, and does not contain, a children’s burial ground”.
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Tuesday 11 May, 2021
# Adoptions
The legislation will provide a clear right of access for adopted people and others with questions on their origins to birth certs, birth and early life information. The Bill will have to first undergo pre-legislative scrutiny, which is expected to take place in the coming months. A separate memo addressing the issue of illegal birth registrations was brought to Cabinet this morning.
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Sunday 2 May, 2021
# Long Lost Sisters
Both women sought to find their birth parents, but instead discovered each other, Órla Ryan writes A social worker 'stumbled across' information that changed their lives forever They say adopted people have a right to their birth certs and medical history
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Thursday 29 April, 2021
# Abuse
# Abuse
An Garda Síochána has found “insufficient evidence” in the Commission’s report to start any criminal investigations.
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Wednesday 28 April, 2021
# Meeting
# Meeting
Representatives from the pharmaceutical giant met with Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman today.
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Tuesday 27 April, 2021
# Burials Bill
# Burials Bill
The Children’s Committee today discussed legislation that would allow exhumations and re-interment of remains at the sites of former mother and baby institutions.
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Saturday 24 April, 2021
# History Repeating Itself
# History Repeating Itself
Ireland is repeating the mistakes of mother and baby homes, social workers have warned.
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Thursday 22 April, 2021
# Cork
# Cork
Survivors have criticised plans to build apartments at the site of a former mother and baby institution.
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Wednesday 21 April, 2021
# Cork
# Cork
The developer has said it is “highly unlikely” the land in question is a burial site, but that this can’t be ruled out.
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Friday 16 April, 2021
# AMRI
# AMRI
The Association of Mixed Race Irish has asked the United Nations to visit Ireland and investigate institutional racism here.
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Wednesday 14 April, 2021
# Burials Bill
Inquests must be carried out into all deaths at mother and baby homes, Oireachtas told One Tuam survivor wants to know if his sister is buried at the site, or still alive Ireland 'must meet its domestic and international human rights obligations'
# Burials Bill
Legislation being debated today would allow excavations, exhumations and re-interment of remains at the sites of former mother and baby homes Catherine Corless says as many sites as possible must be included "The babies should have been taken out of there in 2017 when they were found," she says of Tuam
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Monday 12 April, 2021
# High Court
# High Court
Lee’s life story was made into an award-winning film, Philomena, in 2013.
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Sunday 4 April, 2021
# Redress
# Redress
Some survivors have also called on the government to take legal action against the religious orders who ran the institutions if they refuse to pay financial compensation.
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Wednesday 10 March, 2021
# Birth Certs
# Birth Certs
The minister has also launched a consultation process for a redress scheme for survivors of Mother And Baby Homes.
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Saturday 27 February, 2021
# Mother-and-baby Homes
# Mother-and-baby Homes
One survivor says her experience was “misrepresented” to a “shocking extent” in the final report by the Commission into Mother and Baby Homes.
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Friday 26 February, 2021
# Deleted Tapes
# Deleted Tapes
The minister noted that members of the commission “can’t be compelled to come before the Oireachtas”.
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Wednesday 24 February, 2021
# Mother-and-baby Homes
# Mother-and-baby Homes
A Social Democrats’ motion to extend the commission’s term by one year had broad support but is non-binding and is not being acted on by government.
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Monday 22 February, 2021
# Deleted Audio
# Deleted Audio
Social Democrats TD Jennifer Whitmore said the issue “goes beyond party politics”.
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Friday 19 February, 2021
# Adoption
# Adoption
Beth Wallace wants to commemorate her brother who died, aged five weeks, 49 years ago today.
# Testimony
# Testimony
“We all know how difficult it is to permanently destroy electronic information,” the minister said today.
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Wednesday 17 February, 2021
# Recordings
# Recordings
Mary Teresa Collins said she feels “very hurt and let down” by authorities in Ireland.
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Tuesday 16 February, 2021
# Commission
# Commission
The minister said the Commission informed him of the latest development today.
# Commission
# Commission
A number of witnesses have contacted the gardaí and Data Protection Commissioner to date.
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Tuesday 9 February, 2021
# Institutional Abuse
# Institutional Abuse
People who spent time in Mother and Baby Homes and County Homes say they have been “re-traumatised” by recent developments.
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Saturday 6 February, 2021
# Mother-and-baby Homes
# Mother-and-baby Homes
“So many lives could be made better, saved, elongated, if doctors knew what they were testing for.”
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Friday 5 February, 2021
# Final Report
# Final Report
Committee members are “very disappointed” by the latest development.
# mother-and-baby-homes-series - Thursday 4 February, 2021
# Mother-and-baby Homes
# Mother-and-baby Homes
There have been calls for the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes to not be dissolved at the end of the month.
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