Excavation at former Tuam mother and baby home to be one of ‘most complex’ ever
Effort to involve DNA identification process ‘on a scale never done before’ in Ireland, O’Gorman says
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
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
Nuns take issue with comments regarding baptisms at Bessborough
Burial places of 859 children still unaccounted for
Bessborough: Planning board must address concerns, says Minister
Construction of 179 apartments believed to impact children’s burial site on grounds
Planned housing at Bessborough an ‘insult’ to those who died there, hearing told
Site should be ‘handed over to the State’ as permanent memorial, says support group
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
Bessborough babies may have been buried in local authority cemetery, suggests order
Congregation points out commission had speculated about baby burials at Carr’s Hill
‘A very nice baby with beautiful fair skin ... It was like they were selling a doll’
Sheila Shelton was adopted by a couple in the US from a Tipperary mother and baby home
Stories from the ‘homes’: The TD who landed woman in ‘trouble’ and the girls forced to ‘cut timber’
From overcrowding to no running water, infant mortality were high in many homes
State apology: Taoiseach’s full statement on Mother and Baby Homes
‘The State failed you, the mothers and children in these homes’ – Micheál Martin
‘A matter of great sorrow to us that babies died while under our care’ say nuns
‘They betrayed vulnerable women, themselves, their calling and the caring message of Jesus Christ’ – Archbishop
‘This will teach you, offer it up for the sins you committed’ woman told after painful birth at Sean Ross
Tipperary home had exceptionally high infant mortality rate, even for the time
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
Single mothers and their children paid price for ‘innate deference’ to Church
The State did not adequately oversee mother-and-baby homes says commission member
Women who had children ‘forcibly taken’ still face discrimination
Philomena Lee refused right to give evidence in public to mother and baby home inquiry
Philomena Lee describes Tuam revelations as ‘horrific’
Woman whose search for her son inspired the film ‘Philomena’ speaks out over Tuam babies
‘Philomena’ hopes story of giving up son for adoption helps others
Former mother and baby home resident says inquiry into institutions should be ‘broad as possible’
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