An independent panel is seeking testimony from anyone who spent time in mother and baby homes, Magdalene laundries and workhouses, along with those who worked, volunteered in, or lived nearby
The film adaptation of Claire Keegan’s novella comes to Irish cinemas this November
Second week featured a resplendent Anna Devin, a Levantine exploration and masterly piano performances
Michelle O’Neill hopes first draft of Bill for redress scheme will be introduced in Assembly before year-end
Campaigner says college used the remains of 1,980 people from mother and baby homes for research purposes
To treat these records with such contempt is to repeat the contempt shown by Church and State to thousands of women and children
Television: Dubliner Martina Evenden discovers unknown cousin while cousin finds instant extended family
The newly appointed special advocate for survivors of institutional abuse brings an unshowy sense of determination to her mission
Reviews in brief of Billy Connolly, Phyl Herbert and Jeffrey Lewis
Addressing the families in the Visitors’ Gallery, the Taoiseach apologised for the successive rebuffs and humiliations visited on them
Podcast review: Steven O’Riordan’s follow-up to 2009 documentary lacks narrative shape but makes up for it in the sheer force of his stories
Roderic O’Gorman expects the first payments to be made in quarter two of this year
Other items at Cabinet include appointment of special advocate for survivors of Magdalene laundries; update on insurance reforms; and plans to improve adult literacy
After decades of denial and obfuscation, campaigners agree progress on Magdalene laundry is happening as new Cillian Murphy film absorbs audiences
Small Things Like These, based on Claire Keegan’s novella, is dedicated ‘to more than 10,000 young women sent to Magdalene institutions for penance and rehabilitation’
Few did more to remove the barriers that separated mentally ill people from the rest of society
The mansplainers are in full ‘listen-ladies!’ voice, telling us we’re reading the thing all wrong
TV review: Dearbhail McDonald suggests it is time to stop seeing nuns – and, by implication, ourselves and our history – in black and white
The DJ, producer and sountrack composer is releasing his first solo album for 15 years. He’d also like to release the songs he made with the late singer
Hennigan calls for public recognition – a reckoning – of the horrors enacted within psychiatric institutions
Television: The BBC’s hysterically overcooked Magdalene-laundry series is like a reboot of EastEnders’ donkey-in-the-pub episode
Probably the youngest person to have entered a Magdalene Laundry, Maureen Sullivan was 12 when she arrived at the establishment at New Ross in 1964
Two books that are a timely reminder of Ireland’s reprehensible past
In a patriarchal world, entering a convent often granted a woman greater freedom than motherhood
Watchdog told redress board the way it retained and processed some files was in breach of data-protection legislation, departmental briefing notes show
We’re objectifying Irish women but in an illuminating, celebratory way to mark International Women’s Day 2023
The composer’s new work for Finding a Voice, the festival of music by women, is inspired by more than a century of activism
Kathleen King is still fighting at the age of 80, frustrated that the State redress scheme refuses to accept her account of events
Donnybrook Magdalene Laundry’s books include Blackrock College, Switzers, embassies and hospitals
When I went blind I was sent to a residential school, but I was determined not to live down to people’s expectations
Some €32m in awards of €11,000-€100,000 made to more than 800 survivors to date
Many restrictions placed on women have gone but remnants of past sentiment remain
An Irishwoman’s Diary
Most legal actions by abuse survivors have already been dealt with
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices
