Television: Dubliner Martina Evenden discovers unknown cousin while cousin finds instant extended family
Mother and baby homes
Stories about Ireland's mother and baby homes
Some writers seek to delve into the inner workings of their characters’ hearts and minds using this unbridled technique. We talk to four
The newly appointed special advocate for survivors of institutional abuse brings an unshowy sense of determination to her mission
Paul McGinley pitches up in Ballsbridge; BBC Northern Ireland journalists get good gigs; Sharon Horgan enjoys literary success; and Fianna Fail decides to run new and not so new names
Radio review: the Liveline host’s snap judgment on Simon Harris’s State apology somehow captures the wider mood
Addressing the families in the Visitors’ Gallery, the Taoiseach apologised for the successive rebuffs and humiliations visited on them
Use of next-generation sequencing technology for examining mitochondrial DNA material will represent a new departure for State laboratory
Independent TD Catherine Connolly says compensation based on business and cost and ‘absolutely nothing to do with justice or what is right’
I have taken what I learned in Lebanon and the Caucasus to Tuam; there are many similarities with the post-conflict missing-persons work
Pharma giant GSK, whose predecessor companies profited from the trials, has so far resisted calls to contribute
Missing Persons, or My Grandmother’s Secrets by Clair Wills: Secret pregnancies and missing women are part of the family story of a great many people
TV review: Dearbhail McDonald suggests it is time to stop seeing nuns – and, by implication, ourselves and our history – in black and white
To date only one of seven Catholic orders involved in negotiations – the Bon Secours sisters – has stated publicly that it will contribute to the redress scheme for survivors
Minister has sought financial contributions from seven Catholic bodies that ran homes or were linked to them
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