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Minister has questions to answer on Mother and Baby Homes testimonies – Kathleen Funchion TD

The Children’s Committee, today (Tuesday, 4 October) will hear from Minister Roderic O’Gorman on why he reneged on his earlier commitment to establish an International Expert Group to review testimonies provided by survivors of Mother and Baby Homes....

04 Oct 2022 at 14:18

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Campaigner criticises Government’s exhumation plans at Tuam mother and baby site

A Dublin woman, whose brothers were born at the former Tuam mother and baby institution, has said the Government’s plans to exhume the bodies of infants at the site “does not go far enough”. Anna Corrigan said she “fears” that by focusing on the Co ...

15 Aug 2022 at 17:41

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Ability to interpret babies' cries not innate, new European study reveals

Interpreting a baby’s cry of pain is not a natural ability and parents must learn to tell this sound apart from other cries, new research suggests. Before children learn to speak, crying is their only means of vocal communication, and it is up to ...

08 Aug 2022 at 17:47

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'Make your voices heard' - Survivors of mother and baby homes urged to come forward in NI

Survivors of mother and baby homes, Magdalene Laundries and workhouses have been urged to speak to police. Detectives are investigating allegations of abuse at the institutions which were formerly run primarily by the Catholic Church, but also ...

09 Aug 2022 at 18:00

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Almost 900 adopted persons and birth parents register contact preferences under new act

A total of 891 adopted persons and relatives applied to the new Contact Preference Register last month following the commencement of the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022. Of these, 7 adoptees and 2 relatives of adopted people were from ...

04 Aug 2022 at 14:00

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Irish govt approves establishment of office to oversee Mother and Baby home excavation

The Irish government has approved the establishment of an office to oversee the excavation of a former Mother and Baby home. The proposal - put forward by the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic ...

27 Jul 2022 at 17:53

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Campaigner ‘delighted’ at approval for Tuam mother and baby site excavation

Historian Catherine Corless has said she is “relieved” the Government has given the green light to the excavation of infant remains at the former mother and baby home in Tuam. The Government approved a proposal on Wednesday to ...

27 Jul 2022 at 19:17

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Is yours on the list? Ireland's most popular baby names of 2021 revealed

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (Friday February 25) revealed Ireland's most popular baby names of 2021. The overall most popular names in the country were revealed to be Fiadh for girls and Jack for boys. Jack ...

25 Feb 2022 at 18:23

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Ireland could be about to enter a post-pandemic baby boom

Birth rates increased in Ireland last year, possibly indicating an impending baby boom in the country. Latest HSE figures show there were 59,874 babies born in hospitals and maternity units last year, up 3,000 from 2020. ...

05 Apr 2022 at 12:41

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High court rules Mother and Baby Homes Commission treated survivors unlawfully

The Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation acted unlawfully by denying fair procedure to the survivors, the High Court has declared The Irish Government has decided not to appeal against the decision relating ...

17 Dec 2021 at 18:05

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New book explores the rise of rural romance from Macra to Tinder

The stereotypical image of a bachelor farmer pining in solitude may be how townies imagine love lives in rural Ireland, but Liadán Hynes’ new book Courting, Tractor Dating, Macra Babies and Swiping Right in Rural ...

09 Oct 2022 at 10:00

Kilkenny bar features a unique Christmas window for a charitable cause

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Kilkenny bar features a unique Christmas window for an amazing charitable cause

Bollard's Bar Kilkenny has installed a unique Christmas window featuring all the handmade knitted hats donated to date to local group Knit Happens’ Heart Strings Christmas appeal. The local knitting group aims ...

17 Nov 2022 at 12:30

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