Over 100,000 sign #RepealTheSeal petition on Mother & Baby Home testimony 

Childrens teddy's and toys along with flowers sit at the 'Little Angels' memorial plot in the grounds of Bessborough House in Blackrock, Cork. Picture: Laura Hutton/RollingNews.ie

Childrens teddy's and toys along with flowers sit at the 'Little Angels' memorial plot in the grounds of Bessborough House in Blackrock, Cork. Picture: Laura Hutton/RollingNews.ie

Sat, 24 Oct, 2020 - 23:11
Neil Michael

More than 100,00 people have now signed a petition calling for the seal to be lifted on archives testimony from survivors of Mother and Baby Homes.

Aitheantas, the adoptees’ rights group, only put up the petition on Friday on the Uplift.ie site but it quickly surpassed its initial target.

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<p>The group says there could be impacts for Irish citizens who are returning to live in Ireland after periods living abroad, people who are fleeing domestic violence, families currently on social housing waiting lists and people who are homeless and seeking emergency supports as well as Travellers as a nomadic ethnic group.</p>

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