Professor Éamon de Valera Jnr: A hypocrite and baby thief at the heart of the Irish establishment
Prof Éamon de Valera Jr charged substantial fees for his services, one of which was to guarantee babies to women who could not become pregnant.
Ever since the brilliant programme about Ireland’s illegal adoptions, I’ve been thinking about the brave people who took part in it, and about the mothers they searched for. And I’ve been thinking about Éamon de Valera Jr.
He must have had a difficult childhood. When he was three, his father took part in the Easter Rising and was lucky not to be executed after it. For the next couple of years, his father was in prison or on the run.
