Philomena Lee

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Free service will help prepare witness statements for commission of investigation

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

Inspiration behind Hollywood film was speaking at commemoration in Roscrea

Adoption

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

Women’s Executive Network tackles gender imbalances in the workplace

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

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

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

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