The Irish Times

State argues ‘difference of view’ on mother and baby homes report

High Court hears cases against Commission’s findings do not raise issues of fair procedure

Thu Nov 18 2021 - 21:40

Findings of Mother and Baby Homes report ‘at odds’ with testimony, High Court hears

Cases beging brought by retired nurse Philomena Lee and Galway-based Mary Harney

Wed Nov 17 2021 - 18:21

Philomena Lee case to be one of lead actions over Mother and Baby homes report

High Court agrees to hear two of eight challenges in late October or November

Tue Jul 27 2021 - 12:46

Court challenges over mother and baby homes report adjourned for two weeks

Cases lodged involve claims final report does not accurately reflect evidence given

Tue Jul 13 2021 - 13:57

State to argue against judicial reviews taken by mother and baby home survivors

Women claim they are indentifiable in report and testimony is misrepresented

Wed Jun 16 2021 - 17:03

State to address High Court cases against mother and baby homes report

Government to outline opposition to cases including one taken by Philomena Lee

Tue Jun 15 2021 - 00:24

Philomena Lee among five given leave to challenge mother and baby homes report

High Court hears a failure to allow submissions on draft report breached fundamental rights

Mon Apr 12 2021 - 18:18

Home: Part One – Abbey stream amplifies the voices of silenced mother and baby home survivors

Theatre review: Powerful, earth-shifting testimonies are solemnly read as scripts

Thu Mar 18 2021 - 12:20

Hollywood star’s search for a baby brought focus on Irish adoptions

Mother landed at London hotel where Jane Russell staying after she heard of actor’s wish

Wed Jan 13 2021 - 18:34

Philomena Lee ‘dismayed’ by leak of mother and baby homes report

Survivor says families should be compensated for ‘unbearable suffering’ institutions caused

Mon Jan 11 2021 - 17:58

Mother and baby home report delayed by late release of documents

Commission received 250,000 pages from Department of Health weeks from deadline

Wed Jan 23 2019 - 01:00

Women who had children ‘forcibly taken’ still face discrimination

Philomena Lee refused right to give evidence in public to mother and baby home inquiry

Mon Oct 15 2018 - 18:16

Philomena Lee says pope must act on his promise to survivors

Woman whose story inspired the film ‘Philomena’ met the pontiff in 2014

Tue Aug 28 2018 - 00:22

How did Irish single mothers fare after emigrating to Britain?

New research project aims to gather experiences of women who left from 1920s-1980s

Thu Aug 23 2018 - 11:00

The Irish babies adopted to the US, now adults in a legal limbo

At least 200 people adopted from Ireland to the US in the 1940s-1960s fear for their future

Sat Jan 20 2018 - 06:00

‘Hole in my heart’: Searching for a mother I never knew

Singer Don Stiffe knew he was adopted but not who his mother was. In his 40s, he went looking for her

Tue Aug 08 2017 - 06:00

Groups of garments go local and global

Patricia Cronin’s installation ‘Shrine for Girls’ and a new film, ‘Leisure with Dignity’, by Anne Maree Barry

Tue Jun 27 2017 - 06:00

Philomena Lee describes Tuam revelations as ‘horrific’

Woman whose search for her son inspired the film ‘Philomena’ speaks out over Tuam babies

Sun Mar 12 2017 - 15:55

Will Mother and Baby Homes Commission advertise to the hidden Irish diaspora?

2,200 Irish infants were adopted by American families between late 1940s and early 1970s

Wed Nov 09 2016 - 15:00

Catholic church apologises for role in ‘forced adoptions’

Women in England and Wales pressured to hand over babies between 1950s and 1970s

Thu Nov 03 2016 - 13:00

New project to aid those affected by mother-and-baby homes

Free service will help prepare witness statements for commission of investigation

Wed Jun 15 2016 - 16:16

Illegal adoptions pose complications in searches for birth parents

Paula Douglas’s birth certificate was forged and she cannot trace her birth mother

Mon Nov 09 2015 - 01:00

Adoption Bill needs to allow full access to identity, says Philomena Lee

Inspiration behind Hollywood film was speaking at commemoration in Roscrea

Mon Jul 27 2015 - 01:00

A delicate balance of rights

Adoption

Tue Jul 21 2015 - 07:47

Right to access birth cert for up to 50,000 adopted

Cabinet to discuss draft legislation which will apply to all past and future adoptions

Mon Jul 20 2015 - 01:00

Gender pay gap in Ireland getting worse, says summit

Women’s Executive Network tackles gender imbalances in the workplace

Fri Jun 12 2015 - 09:33

‘Canadian Philomenas’ continue to fight for justice

Activists on forced adoption say story is a global one, and still needs telling

Mon Dec 22 2014 - 01:00

Government will not oppose adoption birth cert Bill

Philomena Lee backs law which would help women separated from sons and daughters by adoption

Thu Nov 20 2014 - 08:14

Philomena Lee gives support to new adoption bill

Seanad due to debate legislation which could give 50,000 adopted people the right to their birth cert

Mon Nov 17 2014 - 07:42

Survey reveals the most borrowed library books in Ireland

To mark Library Ireland Week ‘The Irish Times’ surveyed the country’s libraries

Mon Nov 17 2014 - 01:00

Challenges of adoption past, present and future

Records and assessments are on the agenda for the adoption authority’s new chief executive, Patricia Carey

Tue Nov 04 2014 - 01:00

Television: Feeling a lorra love for UTV’s engrossing Cilla Black biopic

Review: The Liverpool luvvy gets the Jeff Pope treatment; ‘The Leftovers’ is a beautiful-people redo of ‘The Returned’

Sat Sept 20 2014 - 01:00

Philomena Lee’s story will inspire others in similar dilemma, says social worker

Priority given to tracing older mothers who gave up children for adoption decades ago

Mon Sept 08 2014 - 14:47

Irish woman who provided inspiration for Oscar-nominated movie to address conference on adoption

Philomena Lee among the speakers lined up for conference on re-examining adoption to be held at University College Cork

Tue Aug 26 2014 - 01:00