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Mary Lou McDonald attends Sean Ross Abbey Roscrea commemoration

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald visited Roscrea on Sunday to address a commemoration at the former Mother and Baby Home in Sean Ross Abbey in Roscrea. Survivors of abuse in the former institution and their families from across Ireland, the United ...

28 Sept 2022 at 16:25

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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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Mary Lou McDonald will attend Roscrea Sean Ross commemoration

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald will travel to Roscrea to address a commemoration at the former Mother and Baby Home at Sean Ross Abbey in Roscrea. The event of remembrance will take place at Sean Ross Abbey this coming Sunday, September 25, ...

19 Sept 2022 at 18:12

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Plans for Mary Lou McDonald's Roscrea Sean Ross visit this Sunday

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald will visit Roscrea this weekend to address a commemoration at the former mother and baby home at Sean Ross Abbey. The event is organised by the 'We Are Still Here Sean Ross Abbey Roscrea' group, who have been ...

23 Sept 2022 at 13:27

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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 Baby ...

17 Dec 2021 at 18:05

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High Court ruling "vindicates survivors" of Roscrea Mother and Baby Home

The Irish government has acknowledged the rights of Mother and Baby Home survivors were violated when a draft of the final report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes was withheld from them prior to its publication ...

29 Dec 2021 at 14:11

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Emotional return to Roscrea for American Sean Ross adoptee

An emotional address from a man who returned from the United States to the former Sean Ross Mother and Baby Home where he was born in 1953 provoked a heart-warming reaction at a commemorative event in Roscrea on Sunday. Patrick McDermott, ...

28 Sept 2022 at 11:08

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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 15:56

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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 Irish ...

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 challenged ...

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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