Commission Of Investigation
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Bishop welcomes religious orders’ commitment to discuss mother-and-baby redress
- Irish News
- January 16, 2021, 19:28
The Bishop of Cork and Ross, Dr Fintan Gavin has welcomed a commitment by religious orders involved in mother and baby homes to talk to the Government(...)

Church ‘more complicit than most’ in mother & baby scandal - McAleese
- Social Affairs
- January 16, 2021, 17:25
Former president of Ireland Mary McAleese has said the Church was “more complicit than most” in the mother and baby home scandal. Ms McAleese added (...)

‘A very nice baby with beautiful fair skin ... It was like they were selling a doll’
- Irish News
- January 16, 2021, 06:00
The letter, which has a baby photograph attached, recounts her physical appearance and details of her health. “A very nice baby with beautiful fair sk(...)

Mother and baby homes: Higgins says State must bear ultimate responsibility
- Social Affairs
- January 15, 2021, 09:36
President Michael D Higgins has said the State and Catholic Church “bear a heavy responsibility” for the “violation of fundamental rights” of women an(...)

Women in homes after 1973 must be eligible for mother and baby redress, ex-residents say
- Social Affairs
- January 15, 2021, 03:33
Women who entered mother and baby homes after 1973 must not be excluded from statutory redress, former residents and their advocates say. The report(...)

Call for stay on housing plan for Bessborough as search for graves continues
- Irish News
- January 14, 2021, 20:45
An adoptee born in Bessborough mother and baby home in Cork has called for a stay to be put on a planning application for apartments on the grounds un(...)

Commission dealt with 1.3m documents and held 195 hearings
- Religion & Beliefs
- January 14, 2021, 18:55
The Mother and Baby Homes Commission states in bold type in its report that “the conclusions it reaches may not always accord with the prevailing narr(...)

Nuns ‘distressed’ by controversy over Bessborough infant burials
- Irish News
- January 13, 2021, 19:13
A religious congregation has said it did everything within its power to help the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes locate the gra(...)

Hollywood star’s search for a baby brought focus on Irish adoptions
- Irish News
- January 13, 2021, 18:29
Publicity surrounding the Hollywood actor Jane Russell and her adoption of an Irish baby angered the then government because it portrayed Ireland as ‘(...)

Helplines ‘extremely busy’ with calls from ‘devastated’ survivors
- Social Affairs
- January 13, 2021, 17:47
Helplines for survivors of institutional abuse have been “extremely busy” with some callers too upset to speak and while others “just cried”, followin(...)