The Irish Times

Thinking Anew – Loss is not the final word

God makes a way out of no way

Sat Apr 02 2022 - 07:30

UK economy grew more slowly than thought before Omicron hit

GDP rose 1.1% for the July-September period, behind the preliminary estimate of 1.3%

Wed Dec 22 2021 - 20:53

Survivors of mother and baby homes say redress scheme ‘discriminates against’ some residents

Only those who spent over six months in mother and baby homes as infants eligible

Tue Nov 16 2021 - 21:17

‘I know what I should be paid. Now let’s see how close to that we can get’

The Good Fight star Cush Jumbo returns home from the US, but now it is on her own terms

Tue Jun 01 2021 - 06:00

The battle for Irish babies’ souls: ‘It ruined two lives, hers and mine’

‘Illegitimate’ babies of the 20th century were seen as property of churches

Sat Mar 20 2021 - 06:00

Hundreds of babies from church-run homes in NI were moved across Border

Research shows some babies were adopted in Republic or moved to homes or institutions

Tue Jan 26 2021 - 23:34

Church of Ireland to seek correction of ‘factually inaccurate’ commission report

Irish Church Missions rejects assertion it was ‘prominent in the running’ of Bethany home

Mon Jan 18 2021 - 20:19

Women and children in mother and baby homes ‘abandoned by church’

Priests around country address commission of investigation report during Sunday Masses

Sun Jan 17 2021 - 22:02

Church of Ireland archbishops issue apology over mother and baby homes

Women and children ‘stigmatised’ and ‘endangered’ by ‘culture of hypocrisy and judgment’

Fri Jan 15 2021 - 15:08

Bethany Home: ‘No exception’ to high rates of infant mortality in Protestant-run institution

Matron believed children of unmarried mothers ‘tended to be weak and prone to illness’, commission finds

Tue Jan 12 2021 - 16:10

Mother and Baby Homes report: 9,000 children died amid high infant mortality rate

Three-quarters of all children born in or admitted to Bessborough in 1943 died in infancy

Tue Jan 12 2021 - 15:00

Girl (5) making ‘small steps’ to recovery after crash claims lives of mother and sister

Clare Smith (30s) and Bethany (3) were killed in collision between quad bike and tractor

Thu May 14 2020 - 19:27

Inquiry report into mother and baby homes may be delayed

Exceptional length and general election flagged as reasons that could stall publication

Tue Jan 07 2020 - 02:10

Mother and baby homes commission seeks extension to finish report

Commission of investigation to seek additional year to complete final report

Wed Jan 09 2019 - 06:00

Names of 240 children inscribed on Bethany memorial stone

Ceremony hears call for more work to be done to secure the handing over of institutional records to the State

Fri Jun 29 2018 - 19:31

Edinburgh ‘Sleep in the Park’ seeks £4m to fight homelessness

Bob Geldof offers support as 9,000 people set to sleep outside in freezing conditions

Sat Dec 09 2017 - 20:52

An Irishman’s Diary on Edmund Allenby and the Battle of Jerusalem

Mon Dec 04 2017 - 00:01

UCD host a strengthened Cork Harlequins in Hockey League opener

Monkstown down three international players as they face Belfast Harlequins away

Fri Sept 29 2017 - 01:00

Bethany Home: Memorial held to 222 children in unmarked grave

Ceremony at Mount Jerome cemetery for young who died at mother and child home

Thu Sept 07 2017 - 19:40

Protestant institutions are still absent from redress proceedings

Background: Bethany Home survivors are excluded from the compensation scheme

Sat Mar 11 2017 - 01:00

The easy ways to teach your kids to code

One company says a game made from wood will do the trick

Thu Mar 09 2017 - 16:53

Mother and baby home group backs call for forced adoptions inquiry

Call made in letter to Taoiseach by a former top official with HSE child and family services

Mon Nov 14 2016 - 17:12

Vatican commission may lead to formal ministry for women

Pope Francis has indicated a need to have women in more serious roles in church life

Tue Nov 08 2016 - 01:48

Back to the books: dreamers, doers and digital gold

There is a wealth of great books about the world of business just waiting to be read

Mon Sept 07 2015 - 10:00

Mother and baby homes inquiry seeks to hear from residents

Commission to focus on 14 homes, with report to be completed by 2018

Mon Jul 27 2015 - 01:00

Mother and baby home investigation to be given three years to finish work

Inquiry to examine Catholic and Protestant homes between 1922 and early 1990s

Fri Jan 09 2015 - 01:00

Wine: Get the party started

For a truely delicious Christmas meal, pop open a bottle of fizz and impress your guests with these wines that have been chosen to mtch our recipes from Domini Kemp, Andrew Rudd and Eunice Power

Sat Dec 13 2014 - 06:00

Survivors call for inquiry to include Protestant-run homes

Campaign groups concerned over possible exclusion of Westbank Orphanage

Thu Nov 13 2014 - 09:51

More air strikes on IS as Britain prepares to join coalition

House of Commons recalled to vote on involvement in effort to combat militants in Iraq

Fri Sept 26 2014 - 09:41

Group considers taking mother and baby home issue to European court

Irish campaigners meet MEPs in Brussels

Wed Sept 10 2014 - 01:00

Who was Mary Magdalene, ‘prostitute’, ‘sinner’, ‘apostle of the apostles’?

First to encounter the Risen Christ yet named ‘penitent’ until 1969

Tue Jul 22 2014 - 01:00

Mother and Baby Homes inquiry could ‘close sensitive chapter’

Group tells Minister for Children commission of inquiry must be inclusive, wide-ranging

Thu Jul 10 2014 - 18:25

Call for Protestant mother and baby homes to be investigated

‘I was a slave all my young life. My mother was a slave to prejudice’

Tue Jul 08 2014 - 01:02

Mother-and-baby homes investigation decision within weeks

Minister says sensitivity a ‘primary concern’

Wed Jul 02 2014 - 01:00