The last Magdalene laundry closed this day in 1996 but we’re still feeling the effects
The Magdalene laundries have marked Irish history forever. When we think of the Magdalene laundries our minds might throw us back to the 1950s, but if you’re over the age of 25 they were still open in your lifetime. They were still open when films like Jurassic Park and Forrest Gump was in the cinema. […]
5 years ago
GlaxoSmithKline to grant access to mother and baby home vaccine trial records
Nine separate trials were carried out on infants in the homes between 1934-1973. Pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is to grant survivors access to documents relating to nine separate trials carried out in mother and baby homes in Ireland between 1934-1973. The trials, addressed in the Commission of Investigation report into the homes published in January, […]
5 years ago
What were the “mass abuses” carried out in mother and baby homes? Here’s what survivors, witnesses and historians allege
From neglect to emotional and physical abuse, mothers and their children are said to have experienced a lot WARNING: This article contains details of abuse, neglect and infant mortality. An alternative report examining the final findings of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes has found the State responsible for numerous abuses of […]
5 years ago
Alternative report on mother and baby homes finds State responsible for mass abuses
The new report comes six months after the much-criticised Commission report. An alternative report examining the final findings of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes has found the State responsible for abuses of human and constitutional rights. The yet-to-be-published report, composed by a team of 25 legal and academic experts, forensically examined […]
5 years ago
The mother and baby homes report is due to be published today
It has been a long wait for survivors and relatives of women and children who were once kept in one of Ireland’s many so-called mother and baby homes. Today, after almost six years since it was initiated, marks the publication of the long-awaited Commission of Investigation report into these mother and baby homes. A report […]
6 years ago
Government vote to seal mother and baby home records for the next 30 years
The government held the vote last night. The records of Irish mother and baby homes will remained sealed for the next 30 years. This decision has caused a lot of controversy as many families have been denied access for years to these records and now might never know the truth about what happened to their […]
6 years ago