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Sinn Féin spokesperson on Children Kathleen Funchion TD has called on the Taoiseach and Minister for Children to immediately implement recommendations fr...

Catriona Crowe examines the Commission’s report, details its shortcomings and issues, and explains what needs to happen next.

Orders action against such NGOs, individuals; says this is not permissible without CARA’s involvement.

The programme, RTÉ Investigates: Ireland’s Illegal Adoptions, also details how the Sisters of Charity, who ran the infamous St Patrick’s Guild Adoption Society, pursued a birth mother for maintenance payments for her daughter, long after she had actually been adopted. Among documents obtained by one woman who was illegally adopted, Dubliner Susan Kiernan, was a demand by for £85 from her birth mother. The fee, roughly equivalent to €3,200 today, was charged by the Sisters of Charity fo...

RTE doc finds religious orders ruthlessly pursued and harassed mums for maintenance fees months after children adopted Updated: 3 Mar 2021, 7:23 RELIGIOUS orders ruthlessly pursued and harassed mothers for maintenance fees months after their children were adopted, an RTE documentary has found. An explosive expose will tell how the Sisters of Charity called a mum at her workplace threatening if she didn’t pay up her child would be returned - despite already being adopted. 2 2 Dubliner Susan Ki...

The Remote: Harry, Meghan and Oprah, live music at Other Voices and Masterchef returns Here are some TV highlights from the week ahead. By Rónán Duffy Tuesday 2 Mar 2021, 6:30 PM Mar 2nd 2021, 6:30 PM 30,000 Views 21 Comments THE REMOTE IS our weekly look at the upcoming TV highlights. What With Everything, people are at home a bit more than...

TV Guide Ireland: Whats on? 15 things you need to watch this week on RTE, Netflix and more From a new Netflix docuseries to a harrowing look at the dirty history of Ireland’s past adoption practices, here are the 15 best shows on the telly over the coming days Bryan Cranston in his new TV drama Your Honour Get the latest news from across Ireland straight to your inbox every single dayInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up! When you subscribe we will use the informa...

TV guide: 25 of the best shows to watch this week, including tonight Ireland’s Illegal Adoptions, Eating with the Enemy, Goodbye House and Other Voices Sun, Feb 28, 2021, 06:00 Sunday, BBC One, 7pm Just when you thought there was no aspect of the animal kingdom left for Sir David Attenborough to cover, the veteran broadcaster pulls a rabbit out of the hat. Or in this case, a hummingbird, Bengal tiger, fiddler crab and a whole host of other eye-catching creatures. Attenborough has always bee...