Organisation: Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary

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<p>The Government cannot compel the orders to make any payment, but it is requesting orders to help pay for some of the cost of the €800m redress scheme. File picture: Laura Hutton/RollingNews.ie</p>

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Still no deal on congregations' contribution to mother and baby home redress

Children's Minister Roderic O'Gorman said "there is more work to go" in talks with the six religious orders involved

<p>The 'Little Angels' memorial plot in the grounds of Bessborough in Cork. Around 56,000 unmarried mothers passed through, and 57,000 children were born, in the mother and baby homes under investigation by the Commission. Photo: Laura Hutton/RollingNews.ie</p>

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Mother and Baby Homes: State and society turned blind eye to thousands of deaths

The highest rate of infant mortality recorded in a mother and baby home was Bessborough in 1943 when 75% of children died before their first birthday

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Government urged to release names of Bessborough children

Catherine Corless, the historian who exposed the Tuam Babies scandal, has called on the Government to release the names of more than 900 children who died in Cork’s Bessborough Mother and Baby home.

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The truth of the Mother and Baby Homes lies buried with the bodies

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In the North, they abandon peace; in the South, we abandon babies

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Mother and baby homes: Report is a study in amnesia

Burial place of over 800 children who died in Bessborough unknown; Read commission's findings on Mother and Baby homes

The burial place of well over 800 children who died in the care of Bessborough Mother and Baby Home is unknown - despite "very extensive inquiries and searches".

Wed, 17 Apr, 2019

Organisation: Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary

Still no deal on congregations' contribution to mother and baby home redress

Mother and Baby Homes: State and society turned blind eye to thousands of deaths

Government urged to release names of Bessborough children

The truth of the Mother and Baby Homes lies buried with the bodies

In the North, they abandon peace; in the South, we abandon babies

Mother and baby homes: Report is a study in amnesia

Burial place of over 800 children who died in Bessborough unknown; Read commission's findings on Mother and Baby homes

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Mick Clifford

Organisation: Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary

Still no deal on congregations' contribution to mother and baby home redress

Mother and Baby Homes: State and society turned blind eye to thousands of deaths

Government urged to release names of Bessborough children

The truth of the Mother and Baby Homes lies buried with the bodies

In the North, they abandon peace; in the South, we abandon babies

Mother and baby homes: Report is a study in amnesia

Burial place of over 800 children who died in Bessborough unknown; Read commission's findings on Mother and Baby homes

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Mick Clifford

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