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

Taoiseach says next step in mother-and-baby inquiry is for local coroner to get involved

Call made in letter to Taoiseach by a former top official with HSE child and family services

Inspiration behind Hollywood film was speaking at commemoration in Roscrea

Commission to focus on 14 homes, with report to be completed by 2018

First to encounter the Risen Christ yet named ‘penitent’ until 1969

Calls for county homes to be included in inquiry into mother and baby homes

Daughter of woman held in Mother and Baby home is searching for half-brother

Even the story of Philomena Lee, as recounted in the film starring Judi Dench and Steve Coogan, did not stir the national conscience to action

Michael Hess went on to become chief counsel to the Bush and Reagan administrations

Democrat speaks after meeting woman whose search for son was depicted in film Philomena

The woman who inspired the Oscar-nominated film wants to help 60,000 adopted children

Woman whose search for son inspired Oscar-nominated film calls on State to grant access

Philomena Lee Project calls on the State to grant access to over 60,000 records

Pathé says substance of Irish mother’s quest for lost son is ‘materially true’

Philomena is the true story of an Irishwoman’s search for her adopted son