Mother and Baby Homes

Aitheantas says new research project on language, terminology and representations in Mother and Baby Homes must be adoptee/survivor centred

Aitheantas, the adoptee identity rights organisation, said the joint research project launched today (17.05.21) by Minister O’Gorman on language, terminology and representations in institutions known as ‘Mother and Baby Homes’, must be adoptee/ survivor centred.   Commenting on today’s announcement, Maree Ryan-O’Brien, founder of Aitheantas said: “The Commission of Investigation in Mother and Baby Homes had …

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Aitheantas calls for extended mental health supports for adoptees and survivors of Mother and Baby Homes

Aitheantas, the adoptee identity rights organisation, has called on the Government to ensure free mental health supports are available to all adoptees, birth parents and survivors of Mother and Baby Homes this week, as the final report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation is published. Commenting today (11.01.21), Maree Ryan-O’Brien, founder of …

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Aitheantas calls for national apology for handling of Mother and Baby Homes records

Aitheantas, the adoptee identity rights organisation, has called on the Taoiseach and Minister Roderic O’Gorman to commit to a national apology for the “decades-long practice of concealing and obstructing access to records pertaining to Mother and Baby Homes”. The organisation said this should form part of an overall apology for the practices of forced and …

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