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Comment: Mother and baby home redress must not compound 2002 mistakes  The 2002 indemnity deal for religious orders has cost the State more than €1.5bn before the publication of the mother and baby homes report Taoiseach Micheál Martin called the 2002 indemnity deal for religious orders a mistake in an RTÉ documentary earlier this year. Thu, 14 Jan, 2021 - 06:30 Paul Hosford, Political Correspondent Taoiseach Micheál Martin is an understated man, but when he called the 2002 indemnity deal for religious orders a mistake in an RTÉ documentary earlier this year, he made more than an und...

It’s almost 20 years since the State signed an agreement with religious orders that indemnified them from claims arising from decades of child abuse in Church-run institutions. In return the 18 congregations said they would hand over €128m in cash, counselling services, and property transfers. Further voluntary pledges were sought by the government in 2009 in the wake of the publication of the damning Ryan Report on abuse. Somewhat astonishingly the process of collecting the pledges made continues to this day. The overall offers made by religious organisations come to less than a third...

Not the first time a State apology has been issued Updated / Wednesday, 13 Jan 2021 11:01 A State apology is scheduled to be given by the Taoiseach in the Dáil today following the publication of the Commission of Investigation's report into mother-and-baby homes in Ireland yesterday. However, this is not the first time a government has issued a State apology over failings in the country. From The Ryan Report to the CervicalCheck controversy, many apologies were issued due to the State's failure to protect children. CervicalCheck "A State apology may not provide closure, but I hope it will ...

By Niamh O'Donoghue

John Mangru With his hyper-feminine designs, which bring silhouette and form to the fore, stylist John Mangru — National College of Art and Design’s graduate class of 2020 — is determined to rewrite the codes of modern dressing. Just take a look at the emerging designer’s Instagram account, where you’ll find a smorgasbord of visual goodies — most notable are Mangru’s recognisable handmade corsets — in a fizzy colour palette of fire-engine red, zingy neon green and candyfloss pink. “I have always been obsessed with undergarments being worn on the outside,” the young design...