# Adoption
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Adoption
40 years of nothing, then a message saying 'I'm your son': Mother & son reunite after 4 decades
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Nov 13th 2021, 12:05 AM
Tuam
UN experts warn Burials Bill may 'create obstacles' to examining deaths at Mother & Baby Homes
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Nov 10th 2021, 5:19 PM
Adoption
Illegal adoptees 'forced to break the law' by using their falsified birth certificates
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Oct 19th 2021, 5:53 PM
Adoption
Agencies tasked with supporting adopted adults ‘not fit for purpose’, Committee hears
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Oct 5th 2021, 9:22 PM
Adoption
Adoption tracing legislation ‘risks being found unconstitutional’, O'Gorman tells Committee
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Sep 28th 2021, 5:35 PM
Adoption
O'Gorman says term 'birth mother' is 'reductive and hurtful' ahead of legislation debate
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Sep 28th 2021, 11:36 AM
forced adoption
Woman's signature forged on letter saying nuns from Mother and Baby Home 'deserve a medal'
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Jul 31st 2021, 12:05 AM
information and tracing
Denying adopted people access to their birth certs 'could re-traumatise them'
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Jul 13th 2021, 5:16 PM
High Court
Mother and Baby Homes: Three test cases could be used as survivors seek judicial review
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Jul 13th 2021, 10:42 AM
alternate report
O'Gorman 'welcomes' new report that contradicts findings of Mother and Baby Home Commission
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Jul 12th 2021, 4:20 PM
terri harrison
'The Irish Handmaid's Tale': Mother and Baby Home survivor says reality was worse than fiction
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Jun 19th 2021, 9:00 AM
Adoption
Adopted people seeking records ‘should be provided with counselling supports’, committee hears
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Jun 15th 2021, 9:05 PM
identity
Tusla apologises for 'hurt' felt by adoptees seeking access to personal information
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Jun 15th 2021, 4:30 PM
GDPR
'Rape' and 'incest' listed as 'current relationship status' options on Commission form
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Jun 13th 2021, 12:05 AM
Commission
'I am fuming, it's so disrespectful': Survivors react to commissioners' refusal to appear before Oireachtas
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Jun 12th 2021, 12:10 AM
Clergy
Government 'failing to support' priests' children as they search for their fathers
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May 23rd 2021, 7:30 AM
Adoptions
'Groundbreaking' legislation will give adopted people access to birth certs and early life information
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May 11th 2021, 5:45 PM
long lost sisters
Geraldine was born in St Patrick's, her sister Pauline was born in Bessborough - 50 years later they found each other
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May 2nd 2021, 12:05 AM
Abuse
Drew Harris says Mother and Baby Home crimes 'difficult to prosecute' despite reports of rape and incest
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Apr 29th 2021, 5:55 PM
burials bill
Bessborough survivor says more women 'will die not knowing if their child is rotting in a septic tank'
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Apr 27th 2021, 6:15 PM
AMRI
UN asked to intervene over Ireland's response to 'systemic racism' in mother and baby homes
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Apr 16th 2021, 6:00 AM
High Court
Philomena Lee among women taking legal action against findings in Mother and Baby Home report
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Apr 12th 2021, 3:40 PM
Adoption
'Imagine someone clicked their fingers and you had no family or history, that's the reality for thousands of us'
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Apr 6th 2021, 4:46 PM
Redress
'Pay us and acknowledge what happened': Mother and baby home survivors want compensation and a remembrance day
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Apr 4th 2021, 12:05 AM
birth certs
O'Gorman says adopted people will get birth certs and other information under new legislation
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Mar 10th 2021, 5:10 PM
birth registration
Report into illegal adoptions estimates there are thousands of 'suspicious' files, but advises against inquiry
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Mar 9th 2021, 4:26 PM
Voices
Dr Peter Boylan: The RTÉ Investigates programme reminds us of the issues facing the State-funded National Maternity Hospital
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Mar 6th 2021, 7:30 AM
Adoption
'My mother gave birth to three children in three mother and baby homes in three years'
51.4k
Feb 19th 2021, 6:04 PM
Multiple Sclerosis
'Lives could be saved': Woman with MS says adopted people should have access to medical history
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Feb 6th 2021, 10:30 AM
Industrial School
'The brother whipped him until his back was bleeding, then gave him an orange to keep quiet'
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Jan 30th 2021, 10:30 AM
Commission
'Illegitimate children could contaminate the morals of society so had to be hidden and illegally adopted'
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Jan 17th 2021, 8:00 AM
Adoption
'We were told our mothers were prostitutes and ne'er-do-wells. My mother was a senior civil servant, aged 30'
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Jan 16th 2021, 10:30 AM
Opinion: It's finally time to admit that the Government's legal advice on adoption is wrong
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Jan 15th 2021, 12:10 AM
forced adoption
Philomena Lee says Ireland must ensure mother and baby home 'atrocities' never happen again
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Jan 11th 2021, 12:37 PM
bessborough
How a 'surprising' lack of burial records impacted the work of the mother and baby home commission
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Jan 11th 2021, 12:05 AM
Mental Health
Concerns raised for survivors 'torn apart' by 'omnishambles' of mother and baby home legislation
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Oct 29th 2020, 12:05 AM
Voices
Fionn Davenport: I was born in a mother and baby home - we have a right to our past
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Oct 23rd 2020, 9:04 AM
no consensus
Adopted people will not get automatic access to birth records over parent's right to privacy
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Dec 11th 2019, 10:25 PM
eileen macken
81-year-old woman meets her mother for the first time after 60 years of searching
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May 9th 2019, 4:23 PM