1/8 People wonder why survivors of #MotherAndBabyHomes are not coming forward for #Redress. Survivors have lived with the shame, stigma and trauma for decades. Mothers were told they were not fit to rear their own child as baby was placed for adoption. Some signed forms

Shocking statistic below Re/ #Adoption #ForcedSeparation #MotherAndBabyHomes #AdopteeLivesMatter #ChildhoodTrauma Please don’t ignore Norma Foley T.D Micheál Martin Ask PQ Catherine Connolly Cian O'Callaghan T.D. Also 👀 Dr Sara O’Byrne paper to Irish Gov data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/…

The Church of Ireland denied last week to Irish government involvement in three mother & baby institutions. This Examiner letter 29 Jan 2024 explains involvement in Magdalen Asylum Lesson St Dublin. It included a CofI church. Known by that name 1795-1979, Denny House 1980-94.

Ireland is appalling when it comes to addressing human rights abuses created by government and other institutions Soon the UN human rights will be reporting on Ireland and its failure to address such abuses #MotherandBabyHomes The world will be watching #TheShame Irish Council for Civil Liberties 🏳️‍🌈

556 survivors excluded from the mother and baby redress scheme to take landmark high court case in July irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4163…

1/2. Test cases on exclusions from redress in #MotherAndBabyHome #Redress scheme progressing in courts this summer - over 500 persons are involved under various criteria that excludes them from redress. Please see Article in Examiner ⬇️ irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4163…

Again we will see the Government ABUSE the survivor and allow a legal case rather than admit that exclusion is discrimination Disgusting Norma Foley T.D Roderic O’Gorman TD Breeda Murphy irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4163…

#Ireland does not have a good track record of respecting #children’s rights, we are counting the cost, in human suffering as well as in other ways, of #motherandbabyhomes, we must learn from the lessons of the past by banning #surrogacy as the majority of other EU countries have.

1. Michael Martin was 'shocked' after the Brandon, Emily & Grace case & now this. He seems to be in a permanent state of shock. Yet his Govt have not committed to adult safeguarding laws & mandatory reporting of abuse. #RTEInvestigates

Tax breaks were given to developers of private nursing homes by successive governments- the estimated cost of the State subsidy was €10 billion. Investors were attracted by tax breaks, rather than an interest or understanding of older people and their care #RTEInvestigates

The Mother and Baby Home redress scheme is a stain on the country, transparently cruel. Shame on Green Party Ireland Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil RTE news : More than 100 MPs sign letter backing Philomena's Law rte.ie/news/2025/0610…

Thinking of all the families today who have a child/sibling/cousin in the disused sewage system at the former St Mary’s #MotherAndBabyHome as excavation works start in #Tuam today. #UnmarkedGraves #MissingChildren irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4165…

See this Clann submission for a critique of the State’s Action Plan 👇

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1) I see that Mary Hanafin is considering a run for the Áras. A reminder that in 2001 MH tried to bring in legislation that would have seen adopted people fined or imprisoned for the ‘crime’ of contacting their mothers. See (2) for details.

Press release from the Department this afternoon: Minister Foley encourages survivors to apply for representation opportunities gov.ie/en/department-…

‘Why does the plight of Afghan women not dominate the headlines in the same way Gaza does? We are witnessing in live time the systematic erasure of 21 million women and girls, [..] their voices muted, their very humanity destroyed’

Kids born to unmarried mothers and orphans were illegally used for medical experiments. The Irish State, in partnership with pharmaceutical companies and the Catholic church, allowed thousands of children in institutional care to be used in vaccine and medical trials without