Why are the experiences of people born, like me, in Temple Hill forgotten?
Residents of the old St Patrick’s Infant and Dietetic Hospital are excluded from redress schemes despite its role in adoptions
Tuam
Tuam is a microcosm for Ireland’s history of discarded bones
The excavation that began on the site of the mother and baby home yesterday is making history in a double sense
Excavation begins of site of Tuam mother and baby institution
Access to the entire site is now closed off to the public, with 24-hour security also in place
Higgins ‘open’ to visiting Tuam mother and baby home site as he welcomes excavation
The excavation will begin on Monday, some 11 years after research by local historian Catherine Corless revealed 796 children died at the institution
Tuam families can see ‘light at the end of a very long tunnel’
Children buried at former mother and baby home site ‘got no dignity in life and got no dignity in death’, sister says
Tuam mother and baby home: 80 people come forward to give DNA to identify buried children
Around 800 babies and young children are believed to be buried in former sewer at site of home run by Bon Secours religious order
London St Patrick’s Day festival marked by show of solidarity with Ukraine
Taoiseach condemns Russian invasion as frontline workers honoured at event
Excavation at former Tuam mother and baby home to be one of ‘most complex’ ever
Effort to involve DNA identification process ‘on a scale never done before’ in Ireland, O’Gorman says
Tearful farewells at Dublin Airport: ‘We were so thrilled to have her’
Ebb and flow of emigrant lives writ large at departures – festive chapter closes for diaspora
Snail farming in Ireland: An ideal climate with a product in high demand
Umbrella group representing 25 snail farms, says that supporting sector is ‘a no-brainer’
Covid numbers ‘stabilising’ but still present ‘huge risk’ - Reid
HSE says falling case numbers among older people due to boosters a ‘cause for hope’
The Great Recruitment of 2021: Pandemic leaves chronic staff shortages
Businesses and recruiters struggle to find staff in a market that now favours the worker
Survivors of mother and baby homes say redress scheme ‘discriminates against’ some residents
Only those who spent over six months in mother and baby homes as infants eligible
Catherine Corless honoured by Red Cross for her work on Tuam babies
Historian’s work is the subject of a documentary to be broadcast this week
Co Kilkenny nursing home located in ‘unsuitable’ premises – Hiqa
Inspection into St Columba’s Hospital in Thomastown found ‘fire safety risks persist’
Work of Bon Secours Sisters commended by Archbishop Farrell
No explicit reference made to congregation’s role in running Tuam Mother and Baby Home
‘I don’t need a grave site to remember Anne’: Sister recalls Galway woman who died on 9/11
Maura McHugh recalls her fun-loving sister who was killed in the September 11th attacks
Value of church-owned lands and property in Ireland estimated at billions
Net assets of one religious congregation found to be more than €1 billion in 2009
Mother and baby homes commission accused of ‘disrespect’
Survivor say evidence was misrepresented and call for accountability of commission
Exploded pipe bomb found in residential area of Co Galway town
Gardaí appeal to anyone in Tuam with information to make contact
Covid-19: One further death and 434 new cases reported by Nphet
National Ambulance Service to double its capacity from next week to speed up vaccines to the housebound
Declan Ganley and firm claim defamation by CNN, High Court hears
Businessman and Rivada Networks’ case relates to item on US broadcaster about 5G proposal
Cruelty and abuse of power were not the preserve of religious orders
State-run psychiatric hospitals were the single greatest contributor to coercive confinement in mid-20th century Ireland
Publication of Mother and Baby Homes report delayed until January
Minister says it would be inappropriate to publish 3,000 page report before Christmas
Report will ‘release’ survivors from shame, says Catherine Corless
Historian hopes commission on mother-and-baby homes will reveal ‘whole truth’
Catherine Corless sceptical about delay in publishing Mother and Baby Home report
Commission set up following her uncovering of 796 child deaths at Tuam Home
Des Bishop apologises to Traveller community for comments in interview
Comedian said Travellers ‘drink a lot’ and are ‘very paranoid’ during a 2018 interview
President pays tribute to Mike Cooley, ‘one of the finest Irish scientists’
Tuam native placed the human at centre of technological innovation
Two die in crashes in Galway and north Dublin
Woman (26) and Teenager (17) die following road accidents on Sunday evening
A supereasy way to make the most of Irish lamb chops
Kitchen Cabinet: Grilled or barbecued, with a pea and broad-bean salad with sheep’s yogurt
Locals protest over hedgerow cutting during National Biodiversity Week
Protecting wildlife: Local says this is the third year in a row hedgerows cut at wrong time
Storm Brendan moving off – but wind and flooding hazard remains
Some homes will be without power overnight as ESB restores power to 100,000
Storm Brendan: Orange alert for entire country warns of flooding
Combination of spring tide and storm surge poses risk of structural damage
Inquiry report into mother and baby homes may be delayed
Exceptional length and general election flagged as reasons that could stall publication
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