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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

National News

'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 by ...

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

National News

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 to the Mother and ...

17 Dec 2021 at 18:05

National News

New support services launched to help survivors of NI mother and baby homes

Survivors of historical institutions for women in Northern Ireland are to get access to mental health support and family tracing services. Thousands of women and girls in Northern Ireland spent time in mother and baby homes, Magdalene ...

30 Sept 2022 at 11:03

'No payment can ever fully atone for the harm done' at Mother & Baby Institutions - minister

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'No payment can ever fully atone for the harm done through the Mother & Baby Institutions' - minister

A fund of €800 million has been approved by Government today for 34,000 survivors and former residents under the Mother & Baby Institutions Payment Scheme. The scheme will provide financial payments and a form of enhanced medical ...

16 Nov 2021 at 16:07

Newsletter KilkennyLive

Redress scheme an insult to the survivors of Mother and Baby institutions - Kilkenny TD

Sinn Féin spokesperson on Children Kathleen Funchion TD has said that the government’s Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme for survivors of Mother and Baby and County Homes is an affront to survivors and in no way makes ...

17 Nov 2021 at 12:31

Local News

Kilkenny TD calls for specialised investigation into mother and baby homes abuses

A Kilkenny TD is calling for a specialised investigation into mother and baby homes abuses. Sinn Féin spokesperson on Justice, Martin Kenny TD, and spokesperson on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, ...

10 Oct 2021 at 16:55

National News

Work to identify buried babies at Tuam home could begin by end of year

Work at the site of the notorious Tuam mother and baby home could begin by the end of the year, as a new Bill to allow the exhumation and identification of bodies at such institutions enters the Irish parliament. The ...

22 Feb 2022 at 16:34

National News

Mother and baby home redress scheme exclusion branded ‘cruel’ by Sinn Fein

A proposed law to give compensation to mother and baby home survivors has been branded “cruel” because it excludes those who spent less than six months in the institutions. Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald ...

22 Feb 2023 at 15:06

National News

Director appointed to oversee excavation of Tuam Mother and Baby Home site

The Minister for Children has appointed a director to oversee the excavation and recovery of children’s remains at the site of a former Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, Co Galway. Daniel Mac Sweeney, a former ...

23 May 2023 at 15:01

National News

Compensation scheme for mother and baby home survivors opens

The compensation scheme for survivors of mother and baby homes has opened for applications. It comes amid criticism over the eligibility criteria for those in line for compensation. The Department of ...

20 Mar 2024 at 11:03

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