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In or around 1990, the matron of St Columba’s Hospital asked a groundsman to incinerate institutional records. The facility in Thomastown, Co Kilkenny, is now a nursing home but it has had a number of previous incarnations.
Mother and Baby Homes report: 9,000 children died amid high infant mortality rate Three-quarters of all children born in or admitted to Bessborough in 1943 died in infancy Tue, Jan 12, 2021, 15:00 The huge report, which runs to some 3,000 pages, is a scathing indictment of the institutions it examined. Taoiseach Micheál Martin says its findings have revealed a "dark, difficult and shameful chapter of very recent Irish history". Video: Pool/PA The Sean Ross Abbey in Roscrea, Tipperary. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire Nine thousand children died in Ireland’s Mother and Baby Homes betwe...
Kildare Death Notices for today: Monday, January 11 Reporter: '); Christina Clarke (née Casey) 1234 St Evin`s Park, Monasterevin, Kildare Peacefully at her residence surrounded by her loving family. Loving wife of the late Hugh. Deeply regretted by her loving family Hugh, John, Jackie, Roisin, Andrew, Joyce and Dwayne, sister Eileen, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, brother-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, relatives, neighbours and friends. Rest In Peace Due to the Covid 19 restrictions a private family funeral will take place. Removal from her r...
The images of 2020 will remain fresh in our minds long after this year has ended. Grief, loneliness, resilience and joy — Covid-19 has tested us in ways we could scarcely have imagined just 12 months ago. Through it all, our photographers have chronicled these experiences, capturing the beauty, poignancy and inner strength of our nation. Powerfully sad image of respect shown to fallen Garda Horkan Mark Condren I'll never forget the night of June 17, 2020. About 1am I was woken by a text: A Garda has been shot and is in a critical state. I was shocked that this has happened again, not just a...