Place: Tuam

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Mick Clifford: Can excavation of Tuam babies bring closure?
Mick Clifford: Can excavation of Tuam babies bring closure?
This week, the Minister for Children advertised for people to serve on the Advisory Board of Authorised Intervention, Tuam.

Sun, 02 Jul, 2023

Mother and Baby Home Protest
Minister asks families of Tuam babies to take seat on advisory board on exhumations
Roderic O’Gorman made the announcement in an email to some of the families of the 796 Tuam babies as well as survivors on Tuesday night

Wed, 28 Jun, 2023

Public told 'bring a shovel' to protest excavation delay at Tuam Mother and Baby Home
Public told 'bring a shovel' to protest excavation delay at Tuam Mother and Baby Home
The sister of one of the babies believed to be buried in a mass grave in Tuam, Co Galway, has called on the public to “bring a shovel” to the site to protest delays over the excavation.

Fri, 09 Jun, 2023

Clodagh Finn: Negotiating with religious bodies is treating them with kid gloves
Clodagh Finn: Negotiating with religious bodies is treating them with kid gloves
That those negotiations are necessary at all underlines the shameful reluctance of church leaders, religious congregations, and lay Catholic organisations to face up to the systemic abuse inflicted over several decades

Sun, 28 May, 2023

Hundreds pay respects at first funeral of Galway teenage road crash victims
Hundreds pay respects at first funeral of Galway teenage road crash victims
Mourn gather to offer their condolences to the family of fourteen-year-old Kirsty Bohan 

Thu, 13 Apr, 2023

More Bones have been found at the Tuam mother and Baby site
Department establishes office to oversee Tuam Mother and Baby home excavation
The Tuam site is due to be excavated later this year, though, no definite date has been given for work to commence

Fri, 24 Mar, 2023

IRELAND-RELIGION-CATHOLIC-CHILDREN
Delay to excavation at Tuam mother and baby homes site 'an insult'
A woman whose sister is believed to be buried in a mass grave in Tuam has hit out at the government’s progress report for survivors of the mother and baby homes, describing it as a “travelling circus”.

Wed, 22 Feb, 2023

Taoiseach To Apologise For Horrors Of Ireland's Mother and Baby Homes
Full-scale excavation of Tuam mother and baby home to start in early 2023
Children's Minister Roderic O'Gorman has promised to explain his decision to abandon a promised independent review of testimony provided by 550 mother and baby home survivors

Thu, 15 Sep, 2022

Bon Secure Sisters statement of apology
Work to identify buried babies at Tuam mother and baby home could begin by end of year
Work by historian and campaigner, Catherine Corless, revealed that 796 babies and young children had died and been “indecently buried in a defunct sewage system” at the Co Galway home between 1925 and 1961

Tue, 22 Feb, 2022

Law to allow exhumation of mother and baby sites published
Law to allow exhumation of mother and baby sites published
Bill allows for forensic excavation of remains at the former Tuam mother and baby home, where the bodies of almost 800 infants and young children are believed to have been buried

Tue, 22 Feb, 2022

Draft legislation on Mother and Baby Homes to go before Cabinet next week
Draft legislation on Mother and Baby Homes to go before Cabinet next week
Draft legislation to allow for the excavation and exhumation of remains on mother and baby home sites is to be brought to Cabinet next week.

Fri, 18 Feb, 2022

Mother and Dauhgter hugging
Fergus Finlay: Mother and baby homes redress scheme must be run by women for women
Ireland has another national debt, to the victims and survivors of mother and baby homes — and it is women who should lead the scheme to right those wrongs

Tue, 16 Nov, 2021

Identification of remains at Tuam mother and baby home 'could take years'
Identification of remains at Tuam mother and baby home 'could take years'
Dr René Gapert of Human Remains Services Ireland said the process is not as simple as exhuming the remains and identifying them with DNA

Wed, 10 Nov, 2021

Mother and baby home redress won't be approved until September at the earliest
Mother and baby home redress won't be approved until September at the earliest
TD expresses disappointment at further delay to scheme which was initially supposed to be in place in May

Tue, 27 Jul, 2021

Mother and Dauhgter hugging
Mother and baby home residents subjected to 'involuntary detention'
An alternative expert review rejects many of the findings of the Mother and Baby Home Commission's report and says the State is responsible for abuses carried out in the institutions

Mon, 12 Jul, 2021

State is responsible for several mass abuses, alternative Mother and Baby homes report finds
State is responsible for several mass abuses, alternative Mother and Baby homes report finds
A group of experts has analysed the evidence and come to radically different conclusions to those in the commission's report

Mon, 12 Jul, 2021

Vigil Held For babies Buried At Tuam Mother And Baby Home Mass Burial Site
Historians seek new survivor-centred Mother and Baby Homes Commission 
More than 30 leading historians have dismissed the final report, claiming 'best profession and ethical practice were not followed'

Thu, 03 Jun, 2021

FILE PHOTO The final report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes will be brought before Cabinet by Mini
Campaigners to raise significant concerns over exhumations at mother and baby home sites
Civil liberties group says draft law could impede investigations into the deaths of those buried in mass graves

Wed, 14 Apr, 2021

Tuam home survivor: 'I want a better report, one that would say how badly we were treated'
Tuam home survivor: 'I want a better report, one that would say how badly we were treated'
'We were treated like animals': 83-year-old wants other mother and baby home survivors to 'fight together for justice'

Sun, 21 Mar, 2021

'We failed them' - Council ‘profoundly sorry’ for its failings at Tuam Mother and Baby Home
'We failed them' - Council ‘profoundly sorry’ for its failings at Tuam Mother and Baby Home
Cathaoirleach of Galway City Council, James Charity, also described local historian Catherine Corless as "a heroine"

Mon, 25 Jan, 2021

'She tried desperately to get me back' - Tuam survivor recalls tracking down birth mother
'She tried desperately to get me back' - Tuam survivor recalls tracking down birth mother
PJ Haverty explains how his birth mother was warned by the nuns that if she ever found out where he was, she had to stay away or she would be in big trouble.

Thu, 14 Jan, 2021

Letters to the Editor: Fathers and families need to take share of blame 
Letters to the Editor: Fathers and families need to take share of blame 
One issue that needs to be highlighted in the context of mother and baby homes is the question of fatherhood.

Thu, 14 Jan, 2021

Mother and Dauhgter hugging
Mother and baby homes report fails to fully address the issue of illegal adoptions
It is estimated that 15% of children born in Ireland's mother and baby homes were illegally adopted, but this week's report has left the issue — officially at least — hidden in plain sight

Thu, 14 Jan, 2021

Naming the Bessborough babies is the very least we can do
Naming the Bessborough babies is the very least we can do
Treated as disposable in both life and death, these children deserve an identity

Wed, 13 Jan, 2021

FILE PHOTO Taoiseach Micheal Martin will today issue an apology on behalf of the State to the survivors of Mother and Baby homes
Nuns accept failure to respect dignity of women and children in Mother and Baby Homes
Bon Secours Sisters issue apology in aftermath of Commission report

Wed, 13 Jan, 2021

Elaine Loughlin: Fear of Church and State forced families to abandon their own
Elaine Loughlin: Fear of Church and State forced families to abandon their own
Mother and baby homes were supposed to provide refuge but the women, some of whom were victims of rape, were treated like dangerous wild animals

Tue, 12 Jan, 2021

Mother and Baby Homes: Women who gave birth expected to do 'the decent thing and disappear'
Mother and Baby Homes: Women who gave birth expected to do 'the decent thing and disappear'
Report finds 'little evidence' of mothers trying to reclaim their children as they were 'silent partners' in adoption process

Tue, 12 Jan, 2021

More Bones have been found at the Tuam mother and Baby site
'Bessborough could be next Tuam' - Catherine Corless
The Galway historian, whose research established that 796 children were buried in a septic tank at a former mother and baby home in Tuam, says she believes that similar burial practices were carried out in Bessborough in the 40s and 50s.

Thu, 03 Dec, 2020

Irish Examiner View: Statue to former slave Douglass?
Irish Examiner View: Statue to former slave Douglass?
PEOPLE Before Profit wants local authorities here to remove monuments which the party claims glorify slavery and racism.

Thu, 18 Jun, 2020

‘I was one of only about three players who knew the rules, the rest were footballers’
‘I was one of only about three players who knew the rules, the rest were footballers’
Having tried and failed to establish rugby in the Gaelic football heartland of north Galway since the 1920s, it must have seemed a tall order to expect anything different when another set of Tuam men embarked on the project in 1970.

Fri, 15 May, 2020

Role of the postman never more important, says Galway great Fallon
Role of the postman never more important, says Galway great Fallon
Ja Fallon attended a postal workers conference there a couple of years back. The mood was somewhat downbeat. An air of uncertainty hung over the future existence of the postman and postwoman.

Tue, 14 Apr, 2020

Tyrone wipes out Dublin's unbeaten start under Dessie Farrell
Tyrone wipes out Dublin's unbeaten start under Dessie Farrell

An outrageous night for a game of football finished with a cracking Rory Brennan goal as Tyrone wiped out Dublin's unbeaten start under Dessie Farrell.

Sat, 29 Feb, 2020

Weekend previews and predictions: Old rivalries renewed as League campaigns enter crunch phase
Weekend previews and predictions: Old rivalries renewed as League campaigns enter crunch phase

John Fogarty previews the weekend's GAA fixtures.

Fri, 28 Feb, 2020

Harte says Tyrone can’t dwell on McShane loss
Harte says Tyrone can’t dwell on McShane loss

Mickey Harte has admitted he faces a huge task in lifting morale among his squad ahead of this weekend’s clash with Dublin.

Thu, 27 Feb, 2020

'I can’t ever remember a day like it': Galway produce record 19-point hammering on dismal day for Tyrone
'I can’t ever remember a day like it': Galway produce record 19-point hammering on dismal day for Tyrone

This was some way to celebrate a homecoming of sorts for Galway manager PĂĄdraic Joyce as he took charge of the side for the first time at Tuam Stadium.

Sun, 23 Feb, 2020

Storm Dennis: Status Yellow wind warning in place for nine counties
Storm Dennis: Status Yellow wind warning in place for nine counties

Latest: A Status Orange wind warning for nine counties has been downgraded.

Sun, 16 Feb, 2020

Mother and Baby Homes commission seeks more time
Mother and Baby Homes commission seeks more time

The Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes has requested a further extension until June 26, the Department of Children has announced.

Sat, 15 Feb, 2020

Storm Ciara: Yellow wind warning in place as thousands without power; Snow/ice warning issued
Storm Ciara: Yellow wind warning in place as thousands without power; Snow/ice warning issued

The forecaster says that Storm Ciara "will produce very strong southwest winds with mean speeds of 65 to 80km/h and gusts generally up to 130km/h.

Sun, 09 Feb, 2020

Letter to the Editor: Survivors deserve to have justice and closure
Letter to the Editor: Survivors deserve to have justice and closure

I’m going to tell you a little about what it is like being friends with a survivor of institutional abuse and the mother and baby institutions. Each day we wake up to something new that triggers her. Everyday something unexpected will set off the flashbacks and yet every day is a blessing.

Thu, 23 Jan, 2020

Time running out for creche providers to get insurance
Time running out for creche providers to get insurance

Childcare providers have been left with just days to find insurance solutions before they are forced to close.

Mon, 16 Dec, 2019

Galway suffers €260k loss despite gate surge
Galway suffers €260k loss despite gate surge

Galway’s club gate receipts have dramatically risen by over €270,000 in the last two years.

Wed, 11 Dec, 2019

Laws to allow for the exhumation of remains in Tuam are unlikely to pass before the next General Election
Laws to allow for the exhumation of remains in Tuam are unlikely to pass before the next General Election

The Government cannot say when the process of exhuming the remains of hundreds of children buried in the former Tuam mother and baby home will begin.

Tue, 10 Dec, 2019

RTÉ's new show follows three Irish households tackling real, domestic challenges of climate change
RTÉ's new show follows three Irish households tackling real, domestic challenges of climate change

Maia Dunphy talks to Ailin Quinlan about the changes we can all make.

Thu, 07 Nov, 2019

CAB seize documents in Galway search
CAB seize documents in Galway search

Officers from the Criminal Assets Bureau have carried out a search in Galway aimed at targeting the assets and activities of a member of an organised crime gang involved in burglary and theft.

Tue, 05 Nov, 2019

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