Mother and baby homes believed to give Irish women 'every chance of keeping their secret'
A report into ‘destitute Irish girls’ investigated the problem of unmarried pregnant women travelling to England.
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A report into ‘destitute Irish girls’ investigated the problem of unmarried pregnant women travelling to England.
Questions were asked whether An Post should be given an “entirely free hand” in the designing of stamps.
There was one problem… Japan also wanted to.
The Commission have been asked to include a wide range of institutions within their scope of their inquiry.
The letter details how one hospital was struggling to find foster mothers for children.
The returns from local authorities, disqualifying Dublin, shows that 17% of babies under the age of one died in registered maternity homes that year.
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.
The records are there for anybody who wants to view them – unless there are personal details involved.
Over 40 other state documents recalled by the Department of Health have yet to be returned.