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'Make your voices heard' - Survivors of mother and baby homes urged to come forward in NI

Survivors of mother and baby homes, Magdalene Laundries and workhouses have been urged to speak to police. Detectives are investigating allegations of abuse at the institutions which were formerly run primarily by the Catholic Church, but also by ...

09 Aug 2022 at 18:00

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Irish govt approves establishment of office to oversee Mother and Baby home excavation

The Irish government has approved the establishment of an office to oversee the excavation of a former Mother and Baby home. The proposal - put forward by the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman - ...

27 Jul 2022 at 17:53

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Campaigner ‘delighted’ at approval for Tuam mother and baby site excavation

Historian Catherine Corless has said she is “relieved” the Government has given the green light to the excavation of infant remains at the former mother and baby home in Tuam. The Government approved a proposal on Wednesday to establish an ...

27 Jul 2022 at 19:17

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High court rules Mother and Baby Homes Commission treated survivors unlawfully

The Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation acted unlawfully by denying fair procedure to the survivors, the High Court has declared The Irish Government has decided not to appeal against the decision relating to the Mother and ...

17 Dec 2021 at 18:05

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New support services launched to help survivors of NI mother and baby homes

Survivors of historical institutions for women in Northern Ireland are to get access to mental health support and family tracing services. Thousands of women and girls in Northern Ireland spent time in mother and baby homes, Magdalene ...

30 Sept 2022 at 11:03

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'No payment can ever fully atone for the harm done' at Mother & Baby Institutions - minister

A fund of €800 million has been approved by Government today for 34,000 survivors and former residents under the Mother & Baby Institutions Payment Scheme. The scheme will provide financial payments and a form of enhanced medical ...

16 Nov 2021 at 16:13

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Kildare Senator calls on government to exhume Tuam Mother and Baby home site

A Senator from Kildare has called on the Irish government to exhume the Tuam Mother and Baby home site. Fianna Fáil Senator Fiona O' Loughlin made the comments about the scandal, which first came to light in 2012, in a recent ...

12 Nov 2021 at 13:15

'An insult to survivors' - TD condemns Mother and Baby redress plan ahead of Dáil motion

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'An insult' - Carlow TD condemns Mother and Baby redress plan ahead of Dáil motion

A TD has condemned the recently announced Mother and Baby redress plan ahead of a Dáil motion on the issue tomorrow (November 23rd). Carlow-Kilkenny TD, Deputy Kathleen Funchion, is calling on all TDs to back a cross-party ...

22 Nov 2021 at 16:56

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Work to identify buried babies at Tuam home could begin by end of year

Work at the site of the notorious Tuam mother and baby home could begin by the end of the year, as a new Bill to allow the exhumation and identification of bodies at such institutions enters the Irish parliament. The ...

22 Feb 2022 at 16:34

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Mother and baby home redress scheme exclusion branded ‘cruel’ by Sinn Fein

A proposed law to give compensation to mother and baby home survivors has been branded “cruel” because it excludes those who spent less than six months in the institutions. Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald ...

22 Feb 2023 at 15:06

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Director appointed to oversee excavation of Tuam Mother and Baby Home site

The Minister for Children has appointed a director to oversee the excavation and recovery of children’s remains at the site of a former Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, Co Galway. Daniel Mac Sweeney, a former ...

23 May 2023 at 15:01

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Compensation scheme for mother and baby home survivors opens

The compensation scheme for survivors of mother and baby homes has opened for applications. It comes amid criticism over the eligibility criteria for those in line for compensation. The Department of ...

20 Mar 2024 at 11:03

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