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Mass escape using ladder among incidents at Galway Magdalene laundry
- Social Affairs
- November 5, 2018, 21:05
The story of inmate number 105, who climbed out over the roof in a heavy shower of rain in an attempt to escape, and the tale of a family who smuggled(...)

Zappone asked that no public money be used for papal event
- Irish News
- November 2, 2018, 01:00
Minister for Children Katherine Zappone sought assurances from Tánaiste Simon Coveney that no State funding would be used to finance the World Meeting(...)

The Irish Times view on Tuam Mother and Baby Home: dignity in death
- Editorial
- October 27, 2018, 00:02
The Government’s decision to undertake a forensic examination of the site at the former mother-and-baby home in Tuam, Co Galway, is significant. The i(...)

Woman settles action over brain haemorrage for €750,000
- District Court
- October 25, 2018, 14:58
A woman who was given the all-clear after a brain scan but collapsed four years later with a brain haemorrhage has settled her High Court action for €(...)

Catherine Corless ‘pleasantly shocked’ by decision to excavate Tuam home site
- Social Affairs
- October 23, 2018, 20:30
Galway historian Catherine Corless said she was “shocked...pleasantly shocked” by the Government’s decision to initiate excavation and exhumation at t(...)

‘I am delighted... I didn’t think the Government’s decision would be this one’
- Social Affairs
- October 23, 2018, 20:21
Carmel Larkin says she couldn’t sleep a wink on Monday night, anticipating a Government decision on a site that she once called home. Larkin, a widow(...)

Bon Secours sisters agree to contribute €2.5 million to costs Tuam excavation
- Social Affairs
- October 23, 2018, 20:07
The Bon Secours religious congregation has offered €2.5 million towards the costs of a forensic excavation at the former Mother and Baby Home site in (...)

Concussion: all you need to know to keep your child safe
- Parenting
- August 28, 2018, 06:01
The story of Ben Robinson (14), who died after a school rugby match in Co Antrim in 2011, changed what the word “concussion” means to many parents on (...)

Minister for Children Katherine Zappone has told Pope Francis that she believes the Catholic Church should “contribute substantially to the cost” of r(...)

Private hospital records fall in patients as State body makes fewer referrals
- Health & Pharma
- August 16, 2018, 16:55
Bon Secours Hospital Group – the largest provider of private healthcare in the State – reported a dip in inpatient numbers last year due to a fall in (...)