The Irish Times

‘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

Sat Jan 16 2021 - 06:00

Jennifer O’Connell: It was not just in Gilead that women were stripped of their names

It is time we remembered all Josephs and Marys whose dignity, freedom and lives were stolen

Sat Oct 05 2019 - 06:00

In the arts world, there is a sense the disabled spoil the presentation

We have no power or influence within the cultural sphere of Irish society . . . we are not seen as having any cultural capital

Tue Aug 21 2018 - 06:01

Breda O’Brien: Surrogacy is a dystopian reality

Horrors in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ reflect how surrogacy sees women as walking wombs

Sat Aug 12 2017 - 05:00

John McManus: UN Committee against Torture now last resort for Irish NGOs

Domestic dead ends force campaigners to turn to Geneva in effort to embarrass Government into action

Wed Aug 02 2017 - 01:41

Even in Guatemala I will march to Repeal the Eighth

As an Irish woman abroad I am delighted to witness the global spread of the campaign

Tue Feb 28 2017 - 15:00

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

Rite & Reason: Death of an inspirational Magdalene survivor

One humble woman helped spark a successful political campaign for redress

Tue Mar 29 2016 - 01:00

Peter Charleton: National Archives permits us to learn from mistakes

National Archives ensures this country will have a history that calls the State to account

Mon Feb 08 2016 - 01:00

Mother-and-baby homes investigation decision within weeks

Minister says sensitivity a ‘primary concern’

Wed Jul 02 2014 - 01:00

Minister writes to Magdalene nuns for third time seeking contribution to redress scheme

To date €3.5 million paid out to women

Tue Feb 11 2014 - 01:00

UN watchdog asks State to clarify abortion policy

United Nations Committee Against Torture (Uncat) queries limitations in the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act

Fri Nov 29 2013 - 01:00

Shatter outlines €32m shortfall for gardaí and Magdalene

Supplementary estimate expected to be approved in Dáil tomorrow

Wed Nov 20 2013 - 20:13

Inquiry needed to compel congregations to reveal truth about treatment of Magdalenes

Orders still refusing to contribute to reparations scheme

Wed Jul 24 2013 - 01:00

Human rights body repeats call for statutory Magdalene inquiry

Irish Human Rights Commission says unpaid wages and pensions need to be paid

Tue Jun 18 2013 - 11:45

Cartoon history of nuns in Ireland needs to be challenged

We know little about the history of nuns in Ireland in the period covered by the McAleese report

Mon Mar 18 2013 - 06:00