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Campaigner criticises Government’s exhumation plans at Tuam mother and baby site

A Dublin woman, whose brothers were born at the former Tuam mother and baby institution, has said the Government’s plans to exhume the bodies of infants at the site “does not go far enough”. Anna Corrigan said she “fears” that by focusing on the Co ...

15 Aug 2022 at 17:41

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Ability to interpret babies' cries not innate, new European study reveals

Interpreting a baby’s cry of pain is not a natural ability and parents must learn to tell this sound apart from other cries, new research suggests. Before children learn to speak, crying is their only means of vocal communication, and it is up to ...

08 Aug 2022 at 17:47

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'Make your voices heard' - Survivors of mother and baby homes urged to come forward in NI

Survivors of mother and baby homes, Magdalene Laundries and workhouses have been urged to speak to police. Detectives are investigating allegations of abuse at the institutions which were formerly run primarily by the Catholic Church, but also ...

09 Aug 2022 at 18:00

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Irish govt approves establishment of office to oversee Mother and Baby home excavation

The Irish government has approved the establishment of an office to oversee the excavation of a former Mother and Baby home. The proposal - put forward by the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic ...

27 Jul 2022 at 17:53

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Campaigner ‘delighted’ at approval for Tuam mother and baby site excavation

Historian Catherine Corless has said she is “relieved” the Government has given the green light to the excavation of infant remains at the former mother and baby home in Tuam. The Government approved a proposal on Wednesday to ...

27 Jul 2022 at 19:17

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Is yours on the list? Ireland's most popular baby names of 2021 revealed

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (Friday February 25) revealed Ireland's most popular baby names of 2021. The overall most popular names in the country were revealed to be Fiadh for girls and Jack for boys. Jack ...

25 Feb 2022 at 18:23

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Ireland could be about to enter a post-pandemic baby boom

Birth rates increased in Ireland last year, possibly indicating an impending baby boom in the country. Latest HSE figures show there were 59,874 babies born in hospitals and maternity units last year, up 3,000 from 2020. ...

05 Apr 2022 at 12:41

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New support services launched to help survivors of NI mother and baby homes

Survivors of historical institutions for women in Northern Ireland are to get access to mental health support and family tracing services. Thousands of women and girls in Northern Ireland spent time in mother and baby ...

30 Sept 2022 at 11:03

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Little Baby Bundle piloted in autumn

Plans have been announced to pilot the 'Little Baby Bundle' with 500 expectant parents and newborns later this year. Announced by Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, ...

13 Jun 2022 at 09:30

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Work to identify buried babies at Tuam home could begin by end of year

Work at the site of the notorious Tuam mother and baby home could begin by the end of the year, as a new Bill to allow the exhumation and identification of bodies at such institutions enters the Irish parliament. ...

22 Feb 2022 at 16:34

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Two people arrested on suspicion of murder over baby’s death in Kerry in 1984

Two people have been arrested on suspicion of murder as part of the investigation into the death of a baby boy in Ireland almost 40 years ago. The body of the five-day-old infant, known as Baby John, was found ...

23 Mar 2023 at 22:27

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Second person arrested in relation to ‘Baby John’ death released without charge

A second person arrested in relation to the discovery of the body of a baby boy in Co Kerry almost 40 years ago has been released without charge. The man in his 60s had been arrested on Thursday with a woman. ...

25 Mar 2023 at 12:49

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