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# Redress

This week
26th November 2023 - 2nd December 2023
Compel religious orders to pay redress, Sinn Féin TD says, as survivors mull legal action
Survivors of mother and baby institutions are considering legal action, or lodging complaints with international human rights bodies, over their exclusion from the scheme.
Kathleen Funchion said it 's "laughable" the Government is asking religious orders to pay into the fund, not compelling them
Excluding thousands of survivors from redress is "completely incoherent", one legal expert said
Survivors of mother and baby institutions are considering legal action or lodging complaints with international human rights bodies
'A punch in the gut': Tusla apologises as adopted people wait up to a year for personal records
Mother and Baby Home redress scheme won't open until next year, missing 2023 deadline
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Mother and Baby Home redress scheme won't open until next year, missing 2023 deadline
“Intensive” work is happening to get the scheme up and running, a junior minister said.
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Oct 25th 2023, 4:48 PM
'Witnesses telling their stories, while they're still alive, is very powerful'
Stolen, a new documentary, explores mother and baby homes in Ireland.
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Feb 26th 2023, 8:00 AM
Government seeks experts to ensure Mother and Baby Home redress scheme doesn't break GDPR rules
The successful applicant will have to ensure the operation of the scheme is fully compliant with all national and EU data protection laws.
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Feb 23rd 2023, 6:30 AM
Mother and Baby Homes: 'Morally obnoxious' and 'callous' redress scheme passes Dáil vote
There were heated exchanges in the Dáil this evening as members of the opposition warned that the Government will face legal action.
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Feb 22nd 2023, 8:45 PM
TD says Mother and Baby Home redress is 'madness', Varadkar accuses her of 'demonising' govt
Catherine Connolly clashed with the Taoiseach during Leaders’ Questions today.
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Feb 22nd 2023, 3:32 PM
'I could feel the blood draining from me': Magdalene survivor criticises 'frightening' UN decision
Elizabeth Coppin said survivors of institutional abuse are being left with nowhere to turn.
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Feb 19th 2023, 9:00 PM
'I feel deflated, so low': Magdalene laundry survivor loses case at UN Committee Against Torture
Elizabeth Coppin argued that Ireland had violated her human rights under the Convention against Torture.
Elizabeth Coppin argued that Ireland had violated her human rights under the Convention against Torture, Órla Ryan reports
The UN Committee Against Torture has ruled in favour of the Irish State - a decision criticised by human rights experts
"I felt deflated, so low, and very sad, not just for me but for all of the Magdalene women who died in vain," Coppin said
'I was the child of a fallen woman': Boyd Barrett gives powerful speech in Mother & Baby debate
'Mothers had their children ripped out of their arms': 24,000 people excluded from redress
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Feb 14th 2023, 12:05 AM
'I was the child of a fallen woman': Boyd Barrett gives powerful speech in Mother & Baby debate
The TD said the mother and baby home system perpetrated “shocking, perverted, twisted stuff”.
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Feb 2nd 2023, 10:28 AM
'Mothers had their children ripped out of their arms': 24,000 people excluded from redress
The Mother and Baby Home redress scheme was sharply criticised by the opposition in the Dáil this evening.
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Feb 1st 2023, 9:00 PM
Opinion: Will it take a miracle for State to do right thing on Mother and Baby redress scheme?
The proposed redress scheme – which is expected to pass in the Dáil today – is deeply flawed, James Smith writes.
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Feb 1st 2023, 7:00 AM
'Four lives were ripped apart': Woman plans legal action over mother's exclusion from redress
Mary wanted to raise her three children, but they were all taken from her. She died before she got justice.
Mary wanted to raise her three children but they were all taken from her, Órla Ryan reports
Her daughter is considering legal action over the fact Mary is excluded from the Mother and Baby Home redress scheme
"All of us were treated like criminals. The cruelty is just beyond words."
Redacted Lives: Catch up on our documentary series about Mother and Baby Homes
'Five grand can't give me my son back': Mother and Baby Home survivors hit out at redress plans
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Jan 15th 2023, 12:05 AM
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'Five grand can't give me my son back': Mother and Baby Home survivors hit out at redress plans
The final episode of Redacted Lives explores redress and plans to finally excavate the site of the former mother and baby home in Tuam.
The final episode of Redacted Lives explores redress and plans to finally excavate the site of the former mother and baby home in Tuam
Survivors believe State could face further legal action if so many people remain excluded from redress scheme, Órla Ryan reports
Maria Arbuckle says: "Five grand isn't going to change my life. My son being taken off me changed my life."
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Dec 18th 2022, 12:10 AM
Redacted Lives: Final episode explores redress and plans to excavate Tuam mother and baby home site
The final episode in the series features an interview with Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman.
In the sixth and final episode in the series, A Living Wound, we hear from Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman
Also in this episode, survivors explain why they disagree with the Government’s approach to redress and other issues
As Maria Arbuckle said: "“Five grand isn’t going to change my life. My son being taken off me changed my life."
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Dec 15th 2022, 11:00 AM
'A remarkable man': Bethany Home campaigner Derek Leinster dies aged 81
His legal proceedings against the State are ongoing.
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Nov 21st 2022, 9:16 AM
Mother and Baby Homes: Forum says Tusla is 'erratic, dysfunctional and devoid of trust'
The Collaborative Forum’s report was finally published today – four years after it was compiled.
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Nov 15th 2022, 3:52 PM
Mother and Baby Homes: Collaborative Forum's report to finally be published - after years of delays
One member of the forum has said it’s largely pointless to publish the report now.
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Nov 11th 2022, 8:29 PM
Government told to sue religious orders, or seize their assets, if they refuse to pay redress
Kathleen Funchion said the fact that pharma companies will not pay towards redress, and that religious orders may not pay, is “absolutely disgusting”.
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Oct 27th 2022, 4:26 PM
'€5,000 for your child being taken? You would get multiples of that for a whiplash injury'
Opposition TDs have sharply criticised the Mother and Baby Homes redress scheme.
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Oct 19th 2022, 3:45 PM
Holly Cairns: Calculating redress based on length of time in an institution is just wrong
The Social Democrats TD says the government’s redress scheme fails to consider human rights violations perpetrated on thousands of women and children.
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Oct 19th 2022, 7:00 AM
Mother and Baby Homes: People will have up to five years to apply for redress under new scheme
New payment bands for compensation have now been confirmed.
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Oct 17th 2022, 6:09 PM
Mother and Baby Homes: Survivors say redress scheme ignores the trauma of family separation
The controversial €800 million scheme was approved by the Cabinet today.
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Oct 11th 2022, 6:00 PM
Mother and Baby Homes: Some consequences - like testimonies - are more important than others
Nearly two years after the Commission of Investigation published its final report, survivors are still being ignored, Órla Ryan writes.
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Oct 8th 2022, 8:30 AM
'100 years of injustice': Survivors call for mother and baby home redress scheme to be extended
“Violation of human rights could become a thorn in the side of this Government.”
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Sep 15th 2022, 5:30 PM
The Explainer x Noteworthy: Are religious property proceeds going to redress?
Noteworthy’s Maria Delaney tells Susan Daly about how over €90 million worth of properties were sold.
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Aug 30th 2022, 5:45 PM
Religious orders involved in redress sold properties totalling €90 million since 2016
A report by
Maria Delaney
Investigation by Noteworthy finds these congregations paid €27m to the State in redress during this time.
Investigation by Noteworthy finds these congregations paid €27m to the State in redress during this time
70% - or just under €250m - of redress for institutional child abuse now paid by congregations
Mother and baby institution survivor: "I have no expectations... It’s cold, hard business."
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Aug 29th 2022, 12:05 AM
Independent office to lead excavation of Tuam Mother and Baby Home site
Minister for Children Roderic O’Gorman proposed the office be set up following the signing into law of the Institutional Burials Act.
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Jul 27th 2022, 5:41 PM
More Mother and Baby Home survivors to take legal action if they're excluded from Redress Bill
There is mounting pressure on the Government to extend the redress scheme to cover extra survivors.
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Jul 13th 2022, 5:10 PM
6-month rule and legal waiver must be scrapped from Mother & Baby Home redress plan, committee says
The Children’s Committee also said the relevant religious congregations “must contribute significant finances to fund the scheme”.
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Jul 12th 2022, 9:02 PM
Extract: 'My mother was given a half hour’s notice to get me ready to have me taken from her'
In a new book on redress and Ireland’s institutions, Mary Harney tells her story of illegal adoption and the abuse and neglect that followed.
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Jun 12th 2022, 7:00 AM
Bethany Home survivor 'highly concerned' by legal delays as State seeks more time to respond
The State believes parts of Derek Leinster’s case fall outside the statute of limitations.
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May 30th 2022, 2:28 PM
'People are dying before they get justice': Another member leaves Mother and Baby Home forum
Conrad Bryan said survivors are not being listened to when it comes to redress, so he’s taking matters into his own hands
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Apr 15th 2022, 7:00 AM
Remembrance centre to be located at site of former Magdalene Laundry on Sean McDermott Street
The centre will honour survivors of mother and baby homes, industrial schools, reformatories, Magdalene laundries and related institutions.
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Mar 29th 2022, 4:45 PM
Mica homeowner group welcomes new report on costings for grant scheme
The report puts rebuild costs at between €150,000 and €421,000 depending on the size and location of the house.
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Mar 3rd 2022, 3:42 PM
'I'll protest until I die': Call for 'forgotten' boarded out children to be given redress
Survivors say they will keep protesting until the scheme is changed.
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Jan 20th 2022, 12:21 PM
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Taoiseach rules out reopening redress scheme for mother and baby home survivors
A High Court ruling that found the Commission of Investigation acted unlawfully by denying fair procedure to survivors prompted calls for a review.
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Dec 31st 2021, 10:01 AM
Tuam site may finally be excavated in 2022 - five years after 'significant' human remains found
The long-awaited Burials Bill and the Birth Information and Tracing Bill are expected to be published in the next two months.
The site of the former mother and baby home may be excavated five years after a "significant" quantity of human remains were found
Survivors, relatives and archaeologists have called for the Tuam site to be excavated urgently, Órla Ryan reports
The long-awaited Burials Bill and the Birth Information and Tracing Bill are expected to be published in the next two months
'We've been totally vindicated': State admits rights of Mother & Baby Home survivors were breached
Over 30 experts ask O'Gorman to change redress scheme so it considers 'impact of early trauma'
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Dec 24th 2021, 12:05 AM
Mica redress: Package for homeowners capped at €420,000 in €2.2 billion scheme
The scheme will cover an estimated 7,500 homes at a total cost of €2.2 billion.
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Nov 30th 2021, 8:55 PM
Government will not oppose motion for review of redress scheme for Mother and Baby Home survivors
Survivors’ groups gathered at Leinster House today to call for the redress scheme to be amended to better meet the needs of survivors.
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Nov 23rd 2021, 8:40 PM
Over 30 experts ask O'Gorman to change redress scheme so it considers 'impact of early trauma'
People who were born in a mother and baby institution but spent less than six months there are excluded from the scheme.
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