Unmarried mothers find themselves forced out once again

Children’s Minister James Reilly yesterday published the terms of reference for an inquiry called on for many years to no avail.

Matters began to come to a head initially as a result of the Oscar-nominated film Philomena, which chronicled the experiences of a young Philomena Lee and her son Anthony at the Sean Ross Abbey mother and baby home in Tipperary.

The film showed how Philomena and her son were effectively imprisoned for three-and-a-half years before Anthony was trafficked to the US for adoption to a well-off family.