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'); Geraldine was born in St Patrick's, her sister Pauline was born in Bessborough - 50 years later they found each other Four years ago a social worker “stumbled across” information that would change their lives forever. By Órla Ryan Sunday 2 May 2021, 12:05 AM May 2nd 2021, 12:05 AM 51,448 Views 0 Comments File photo Image: Shutterstock/OlgaOtto MANY FAMILIES AROUND Ireland have been impacted, or split apart, by the Mother and Baby ...

By Michelle Devane, PA More women will die without knowing whether their child is “rotting in the ground or in a septic tank” unless legislation is passed to allow the excavation of unmarked graves in all Irish institutions, a survivor of one mother and baby home has said. Alice Coughlan, a survivor of the Bessborough institution, described the Government’s Burials Bill as “divisive” and said she does not support it wholeheartedly, but that it needs to be passed so there can be “no more delays”. Ms Coughlan, who is a member of the Collaborative Forum of Former Residents of Mothe...

'); 'There can be no more messing about': Push for law to allow exhumations at mother and baby homes Legislation being debated today would allow excavations, exhumations and re-interment of remains at the sites of former mother and baby homes. By Órla Ryan Wednesday 14 Apr 2021, 12:05 AM 2 hours ago 1,245 Views 6 Comments Catherine Corless pictured at the Tuam site in 2014 Image: Niall Carson/PA Archive/PA Images Catherine Corless pictured...

'How did these children die?': Call for inquests into deaths at mother and baby homes Ireland must meet its domestic and international human rights obligations, the Oireachtas Children’s Committee has heard. By Órla Ryan Wednesday 14 Apr 2021, 1:02 PM 1 hour ago 2,644 Views 15 Comments List of the names of dead children at the grotto at the site of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home (file photo from January 2021). Image: Niall Carson/PA Wire...