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Saturday 28 November 2020
Survivors want Ireland to face up to its past – but there are different views on the best way to do this.
The government released a statement about the Mother and Baby Homes this evening.
Mayo hit 2-17 in a remarkable first-half display in the Division 1 tie.
Between 1925 and 1960, 796 children died at the Tuam mother and baby home.
The search was carried out this morning in Tuam.
Dr Geoffrey Shannon’s Report on the Collection of Tuam Survivors’ DNA has been published today.
Family members of the 796 babies who died and survivors of the home held a peaceful protest last month.
Survivors and family members of the dead babies gathered at the site today.
The commission said the affidavit from the congregation that ran the mother and baby home was “speculative, inaccurate and misleading”.
That’s according to a confidential letter to a government minister.
The report has been submitted to Minister for Children Katherine Zappone.
The first excavations at the site of the former Tuam mother and baby home was expected to start in the latter half of 2019.
Donie Smith hit 0-8 for the winners against Galway.
The government must first pass legislation allowing it to carry out excavations.
Minister Katherine Zappone will deliver a keynote speech at the event which is exploring adoption and institutional abuses.
The religious order has pledged €2.5 million towards the works which will cost between €6-€13m.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar told the Dáil today that he made a private visit to Tuam on his way home from a conference in Galway recently.
A vigil to remember babies who died at the home is being held this afternoon.
How to memorialise the past, as well as what health and well-being supports are needed for former residents will be discussed.
There was only ever one thing to do: excavate the site and DNA test the remains without delay, writes Adrienne Corless.
Galway County Council received 799 written submissions on what to do with the Tuam site where a mass grave was found.
Gardaí in Galway have thanked the public for their assistance.
Visual artist Katie Moore has created a piece based on Catherine Corless’s Tuam Mother and Baby Home discovery.
The decision from Galway City Council to grant permission for the betting shop has been appealed to An Bord Pleanála.
A team of scientists have contradicted an expert technical group over the remains
The garda was arrested on 2 April.
The Bethany Home Survivors’ Group has identified over 200 children from the home who were buried at Mount Jerome cemetery.
Survivor Peter Mulryan was born in the Tuam mother and baby home in Galway and lived in the institute for four and half years.
The report said it would be particularly difficult to identify “commingled remains” and the remains of children under two.
Her research led to the discovery of human remains at the site of a former mother and baby home in Tuam.
Catherine Corless is calling for a full investigation into a former Sisters of Mercy orphanage in Galway.
Shaun Cunniffe said that the plaque should be removed to a museum so that people can discuss the issues around it.
“There are currently no known comparative sites, nationally or internationally,” said the Department of Children in a statement.
Survivors of the Magdalene Laundries gathered outside the Dáil yesterday calling for a truth commission into ALL homes around the country.
We need a “comprehensive understanding into the truth of what happened in our country,” Zappone said.
Decisions are to be made over what is to happen with the exhumation of remains from the Tuam site, those affected say.
The Commission into Mother and Baby Homes wrote to Minister Katherine Zappone before the ‘very shocking’ news broke.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny said the Church needs to reflect on the commitment it made in 2002.
Enda Kenny has said he wants to deal with the dark legacies of our past but following his statements this week, he’s still way off the mark, writes Sinead Pembroke.
Corless and some former residents of the home spoke to Ryan Tubridy this evening.
ONE OF THE most eagerly anticipated nights of the Irish TV year is finally here, with not even 2020 being able to stop the broadcast of the Late Late Toy Show.
Covid-19 restrictions mean it will be a different kind of show this year, but it still promises to be a special night – perhaps more so than usual given the year we’ve had.
For the day that’s in it, we’re asking: Will you watch the Late Late Toy Show?
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