'You weren't allowed touch your own baby - your own flesh and blood'
Survivors of the Magdalene Laundries gathered outside the Dáil yesterday calling for a truth commission into ALL homes around the country.
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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.
“Age should not diminish responsibility,” said the Independent Alliance TD.
He also described what happened to mother and baby home survivors as” unchristian cruelty”.
Galway County Council has said no remains were found when the housing estate and playground were being built.
Minister Zappone has agreed to a small scoping exercise to assess if the mother and baby home investigation can be expanded.
The Taoiseach said it was up to the coroner and everyone else involved to decide on the next steps.
PJ Haverty’s mother spent five years hammering on the door of the Tuam home trying to get the nuns to return her son – instead they gave him away.
A report into ‘destitute Irish girls’ investigated the problem of unmarried pregnant women travelling to England.
Adaser said that a “shiver went up her back” when she read of the Tuam home news.
TheJournal.ie finds a town reeling from confirmation of the truth hidden for generations in a muddy plot.
Reports about a mass grave first hit the headlines in May of 2014. Here’s what’s happened since.
Tuam must not be seen in isolation and unfortunately is only the tip of the iceberg, writes Paul Redmond.
“So many things get covered up these days, I am just so thankful that this has come out”.
Catherine Corless said that she has the names of 798 children who could be among the remains at the home.
They did say that they are fully committed to the Commission of Investigation ‘seeking the truth’ about what happened.
A significant amount of human remains were found in sewage chambers at a site first located by researcher Catherine Corless.
In a statement, the Commission said it is “shocked by the discovery” and its investigation is continuing.
The body of a man in his mid-60s was discovered at Kilcloghans, Tuam, at about 11am this morning.
It is alleged that 800 babies are buried at the site of the Mother and Baby Home in Galway.
Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to the incident, which occurred Wednesday afternoon.
There were four males in the car in total.
The excavation will take place following allegations about the deaths of 800 babies and the manner in which they were buried.
This week Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Katherine Zappone announced it will be two more years before the report is published.
They have been included in the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes, but Bethany Home survivors say they can’t wait another two years.
The accident happened at Cloonmore, near Tuam, at 2.20 am this morning.
The incident happened near Tuam.
Confidential documents were scattered on the Tuam to Athenry road.
Get busy living, or get busy drivin’.
The burglars demanded money from the two men at a house in Tuam.
Minister James Reilly hopes to bring the terms of reference to Cabinet in the near future.
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It is not believed. however, that the plot holds any more bodies than previously disclosed.
Director Saskia Weber said she is hopeful more religious figures will come forward.