Medical research on children at mother-and-baby homes Attitudes towards unmarried mothers are illustrated throughout the pages of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation report, though survivors did not need to ... Mother-And-Baby Homes • 17 Jan
Orders should not be scapegoats - Archbishop Martin Catholic Primate of All Ireland Archbishop Eamon Martin has said he would be disappointed if the religious congregations were scapegoated for their role in mother-and-baby ... Mother-And-Baby Homes • 22 hrs
Mother appeals for details on daughter's grave In June 1972 Limerick woman Ann O'Gorman gave birth to a baby girl in the Bessborough mother-and-baby home in Cork. This was her first child ... Mother-And-Baby Homes • 17 Jan
Survivors criticise Commission's vaccine trial findings A survivor of Bessborough mother-and-baby home in Cork has criticised a finding of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes that there is ... Mother-And-Baby Homes • 22 hrs
Injustices of the past laid bare in report on homes It has been a difficult week for survivors of mother-and-baby homes as the injustices of the past were laid bare by a report published on ... Mother-And-Baby Homes • 16 Jan
Homes report shows church was 'complicit' - McAleese Former president of Ireland, Mary McAleese, said the report by the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes showed the Catholic Church was "most ... Mother-And-Baby Homes • 16 Jan
Helplines for survivors of mother-and-baby homes List of national and international helplines for survivors of mother-and-baby homes. Mother-And-Baby Homes • 12 Jan
Adoption group welcomes advice not to hold referendum The Adoption Rights Alliance has welcomed confirmation that a referendum will not be required to give survivors of Mother and Baby Homes access to their ... Mother-And-Baby Homes • 15 Jan
Church and State 'bear heavy responsibility' over homes President Michael D Higgins has responded to the publication of the report on mother-and-baby homes saying that the State must bear primary responsibility for failing ... Mother-And-Baby Homes • 15 Jan
Referendum on birth cert right would 'complicate issue' A senior law lecturer at the University of Limerick has said having a referendum on the legal right to access birth certificates, as recommended by ... Mother-And-Baby Homes • 14 Jan
Report drew 'incorrect conclusions' from testimonies Independent TD for Galway West, Catherine Connolly has said the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes had drawn incorrect conclusions from the testimonies ... Mother-And-Baby Homes • 14 Jan
Report expected on mother-and-baby homes in NI A report by an independent research group later this month is expected to recommend an inquiry into the running of mother-and-baby homes in Northern Ireland. Ulster • 14 Jan
State apology: 'The shame was not theirs; it was ours' Taoiseach Micheál Martin has addressed the Dáil on the Commission of Investigation's report into mother-and-baby homes, and has given a State apology to survivors and ... Mother-And-Baby Homes • 13 Jan
Trust in short supply as Govt issues apology Taoiseach Micheál Martin might have expected a warmer reaction to his declaration in the Dáil that the State had failed both the women and children ... Politics • 13 Jan
Survivor calls for urgency on adoption information A man whose adoption was arranged through Bessborough Mother and Baby Home in Cork almost 70 years ago has welcomed the State apology made by ... Mother-And-Baby Homes • 13 Jan
'It wasn't my choice to leave Ireland' Colleen Anderson was sent to the United States when she was just a toddler in the late 1960s. She was born in the Sean Ross ... Mother-And-Baby Homes • 13 Jan
Survivor says report raises more questions on homes A woman who was born in the Sean Ross mother-and-baby home has said the publication of the Commission of Investigation report is just the start ... Mother-And-Baby Homes • 13 Jan
Archbishop says Commission report a 'cause for shame' The Catholic Archbishop of Tuam has apologised unreservedly for the way in which the Church "labelled, judged, stigmatised and ostracised" women and children in the ... Mother-And-Baby Homes • 13 Jan
'The State failed you', survivors of homes told Taoiseach Micheál Martin has apologised to the women and children of mother-and-baby homes for a "profound generational wrong". Mother-And-Baby Homes • 13 Jan
Govt outlines response to mother-and-baby homes report The Government has said that the four pillars of recognition, remembrance, records, and restorative recognition are at the centre of its response to the findings ... Mother-And-Baby Homes • 13 Jan
'Society had an obsession with hiding everything' As part of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation a confidential committee was established to provide a forum for people who were former ... Mother-And-Baby Homes • 12 Jan
Opposition parties criticise content of State apology Opposition politicians have criticised the content and timing of the State apology to survivors of mother-and-baby homes delivered by the Taoiseach in the Dáil. Mother-And-Baby Homes • 13 Jan
Report shines light on history that permeates today The significance of the publication of the mother-and-baby homes Commission of Investigation final report cannot be overestimated. Mother-And-Baby Homes • 13 Jan
As it happened:State apology over mother-and-baby homes Taoiseach Micheal Martin has apologised on behalf of the State to the survivors of mother-and-baby homes Ireland • 13 Jan
Commission: People have right to their birth cert The right to a birth certificate and securing information about their origins is at the root of a campaign by those adopted from mother-and-baby homes, ... Mother-And-Baby Homes • 12 Jan
