#MotherAndBabyHomes

Dr Laura McAtackney

LMcAtackney

‘ ... the proportion of Irish unmarried mothers who were in mother and baby homes was the highest in the world. In 1967 the number of babies who were adopted

Kay English Curtin

KayCurtin1

A lot of us are going to have an emotional day today, when @MichealMartinTD stops speaking the pain and stigma won't magically lift, I know having lived with it everyday

Dr Laura McAtackney

LMcAtackney

Proviso that I need to really get through the #motherandbabyhomes report but I’ve read the executive summary and it is startling the hierarchy of blame often starts with society and

medhumsIreland

CiaraBreath

My heart goes out to the survivors of the 'mother and baby homes'. Yesterday's report was far from final. 1/7 #motherandbabyhomes For what it is worth here are my observations,

Beth Wallace

LadyBethWallace

THREAD1/15I'm struck by how there's been no response to the #motherandbabyhomesreport from 3 of the largest national groups involved in survivors lives to date - the @clann_project, @adoptionrights & @maglaundries

John

AnGobanSaor

1/10It would be helpful if the Irish @CatholicBishops read the riot act to so-called “Catholics” who are now using the death of 9,000 babies in #MotherandBabyHomes to promote rogue agencies

Richard Collumb #StayAtHome

collumbo

I suspect that anyone born after 1985, likely cannot comprehend #motherandbabyhomes & how they existed and could it happen. For context, the country, in general, was a very Catholic country.

Philip O'Connor

philipoconnor

There is a direct line between the #motherandbabieshomes report and Stephen Donnely’s “a lot of things happened”. It's always passive - things just happen, no-one is ever responsible. And that

Jen Keane

zenbuffy

Reading some excerpts from the #motherandbabyhomes report, I am struck by a few things.It is similar to some other reports into institutional wrongdoing in Ireland's past in that there is

Lindsey Earner-Byrne

LindseyEarner

A thread: Happy to see Alice Litster finally get the recognition she deserves both in #motherandbabyhomes report and Breda O’Brien’s @IrishTimes but it raises the need to complicate the notion

Claire McGettrick

cmcgettrick

1/ As has happened elsewhere, this piece implies that 'advocacy groups' like @maglaundries & @adoptionrights are somehow removed from survivors & adopted people.https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/impugning-the-mother-and

Laura Kelly

tortietabby

I’m still working my way through the #motherandbabyhomes report (https://tinyurl.com/y222hes3 ) but three of the key problems for me so far: (thread)1. My main issue with the report is the way

Órla Ryan

orlaryan

People who gave evidence to the #MotherAndBabyHomes Commission are contacting the Data Protection Commissioner & gardaí about the destruction of audio recordings of their testimony.A number of witnesses say they

HerstoryIreland

HerstoryIreland

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Laoise Uí Aodha de Brún

anliathluachra

THREAD: This is is being missed. It needs to be top line. This report is a snapshot. It is not definitive. It didn’t even find the graves?What sort of investigation

The Countess Didn't Fight For This!

TCDFFT

THREAD #motherandbabyhomesreport is an example of classic whitewash. the techniques are widely known; narrow the scope & limit the enquiry. Used to great effect in Hillsborough, Bloody Sunday & Grenfell.

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