Philomena Lee among women taking legal action against findings in Mother and Baby Home report
Lee’s life story was made into an award-winning film, Philomena, in 2013. By Órla Ryan Monday 12 Apr 2021, 12:39 PM 2 hours ago 41,205 Views 0 Comments
Philomena Lee at a 2014 Bafta party in LA (file photo).
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Philomena Lee at a 2014 Bafta party in LA (file photo).
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PHILOMENA LEE IS among a number of women taking legal action against findings in the final report of the Commission of Investigation into mother and baby homes.
Justice Charles Meenan today granted Lee’s legal team special leave of the court to issue proceedings.
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Department says consulting firm was hired due to urgency in setting up mother and baby home redress scheme
The government has hired OAK Consulting to oversee the consultation process at a cost of €20,000. By Órla Ryan Wednesday 17 Mar 2021, 9:30 AM Wed 9:30 AM 15,991 Views 10 Comments
A portrait of survivor Peggy O Kelly is projected onto Sean Ross Abbey as part of the Herstory Light Show to celebrate St Brigid s Day in February (file photo).
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A portrait of survivor Peggy O Kelly is projected onto Sean Ross Abbey as part of the Herstory Light Show to celebrate St Brigid s Day in February (file photo).
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IF THE MOTHER and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation is dissolved as expected tomorrow, survivors will be “denied” justice, one witness has said.
Síobhan, who gave birth to a son in Denny House in Dublin in the 1980s, gave testimony to the Commission in 2017. She says there were a number of inaccuracies in her testimony in the Commission’s final report.
Despite “immense pressure” and “unbelievable coercion”, she managed to keep her son.
She told
TheJournal.ie her experience was “misrepresented” to a “shocking extent” in the final report and important context was left out.
O Gorman says Mother and Baby Homes Commission may be able to retrieve recordings
“We all know how difficult it is to permanently destroy electronic information,” the minister said today. By Órla Ryan Friday 19 Feb 2021, 3:10 PM Feb 19th 2021, 11:54 AM 21,042 Views 56 Comments
Minister Roderic O Gorman (right) and Taoiseach Micheál Martin at the launch of the publication of the commission s report in January.
Minister Roderic O Gorman (right) and Taoiseach Micheál Martin at the launch of the publication of the commission s report in January.
Updated Feb 19th 2021, 3:10 PM
CHILDREN’S MINISTER RODERIC O’Gorman has said there may be a way to retrieve the audio recordings of witness testimony given to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes.