Rhoda was one of the very first people who I spoke to when I started writing about adoption and adoption related issues. Was a huge source of advice and often gave me hell. Very sad news.

The New York Times studied China’s surveillance capabilities by examining more than 100,000 government bidding documents. China’s ambition to collect personal data is more expansive and invasive than previously known, our investigation found. nyti.ms/3tOKV9s

The Birth Information and Tracing Bill has now passed all stages in the Oireachtas. This is a historic moment. The Bill provides adopted people, anyone boarded out, and anyone whose birth was illegally registered with a clear right to full access to all of their information.

It's with a heavy heart that I've advised the Chairman of HSE Ireland and the Minister for Health that I will step down as CEO later this year. Having led teams in the private,not for profit,central & local government and health sectors,I now want to spend some time with my family.

A 5 year Commission of Investigation and many years of campaigning and still no answers regarding burials at #Bessboro. Mary a sister of twins that died in Bessboro takes up the fight for justice.

My great pal Vicky Phelan unfortunately couldn’t make it to the Westport launch of the climbwithcharlie photographic book last night and can’t make it to the Dublin launch at Hodges Figgis this evening. But Vicky has sent this beautiful message of support. Xxxx Vicky.

In October, following the info campaign, applications to the Information and Tracing services will open, and at long-last, those who have been denied information for so long will have unfettered access to their birth certs and early life information. 📰 gov.ie/en/press-relea…

This may get lost amid all the madness, but the #BurialsBill has passed the Oireachtas & been sent to President Higgins to be signed into law. A very significant development for survivors & relatives. It comes almost a decade after Catherine Corless first published her research.

oops I taught you were Boris the pigeon

A Fermanagh mother who lost two of her daughters to suicide within two months claims their deaths were sparked by an alleged sexual assault by a man who spotted one of them at a church. My report for today’s Sunday Independent. independent.ie/irish-news/new…

New: More survivors of #MotherAndBabyHomes are expected to take legal action against the State against if they remain excluded from Redress Bill jrnl.ie/5815759t

Extremely important report by Oireachtas Children Committee calls on government to drastically amend #MotherAndBabyHomes redress plans — based on extensive research and consultation with survivors, advocates, Irish Human Rights & Equality Commission, numerous UN bodies & psychologists: data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/…

28 hours later. Terminal blood cancer. Prone to bone fractures. Infection in sinuses eroding bones in skull & spreading aggressively. No bed, not even a trolley. Heroric Nurses and Drs literally running from patient to patient. Our NHS isn’t at risk. It’s broken beyond repair.

R.I.P. SO SO YOUNG

#tuambabies Anna Corrigan Annette Mckay Carl Buckley Zara Walker Pope Francis apologizes for abuse of Canada’s Indigenous children, the latest in a growing list of church apologies news.yahoo.com/pope-francis-a…

As predicted, the issue has been narrowed to one issue - infant deaths - and one location- Tuam. The interlinking pieces and system is obscured and it suits the Government just fine rte.ie/news/connacht/…

3 The time spent in holding pens at Philomena's and Temple Hill and God knows where else. All crimes against humanity. And they want to memorialize all this. Spare me. And still we wait.

#tuambabies Anna Corrigan Annette Mckay thomas garavan And what they uncovered about Tuam and Bessboro that they made go away during the Mother and Baby Homes Report... We have the paperwork.

Unbelievable and cruel that since the contribution below Peter Mulryan and family are now wondering, where are not one but two of his sisters? With no burial records, the AG needs to grant this family’s repeated request for an inquest. thejournal.ie/peter-mulryan-…