TheJournal.ie: Alan Shatter slams Guerin report

Our past was cruel but decent people are righting wrongs

Our past was cruel but decent people are righting wrongs?

Mission Statement | Justice4all

Mission Statement | Justice4all: Other groups such as IntegrityIreland.ie and corruptioninireland.com support people in their cases. Many Integrityireland.ie and Corruptioninireland.com members are members of Justice4All.ie.?

Public Inquiry · Child holocaust: Denial of justice

Public Inquiry · Child holocaust: Denial of justice: The bureaucrats: We’re anonymous, unaccountable and are subject to strict secrecy laws.?

In search of a long-lost boy | Irish Examiner#.U5b9SvoZhs0.facebook

In search of a long-lost boy | Irish Examiner#.U5b9SvoZhs0.facebook: Done with full official sanction and facilitated by the state,?

“Free to those that can afford it, very expensive to those that can’t”* Creating the Luxury of Freedom of Information | The Irish Politics Forum

“Free to those that can afford it, very expensive to those that can’t”* Creating the Luxury of Freedom of Information | The Irish Politics Forum: The overriding philosophy of such legislation is to open up the institutions of government to the scrutiny of the public in the public interest. If anything the legislation, to be truly reforming, should place a duty on public bodies to make public interest information openly accessible and not just accessible due to a journalist or campaigner asking right questions in a request. Real reform of Freedom of Information would be to place all information that is deemed in the public interest in the public domain instead of waiting for someone to ask the right questions.?

Dáil Éireann - 13/Feb/2014 Written Answers Nos. 112-121

Dáil Éireann - 13/Feb/2014 Written Answers Nos. 112-121: 114. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Linden Home in Blackrock was excluded from the residential institutions redress scheme; and the steps that are open to former residents to obtain redress. [7365/14]?

Dáil Éireann - 13/Feb/2014 Written Answers Nos. 112-121

Dáil Éireann - 13/Feb/2014 Written Answers Nos. 112-121: 114. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Linden Home in Blackrock was excluded from the residential institutions redress scheme; and the steps that are open to former residents to obtain redress. [7365/14]?

An illegitimate child could sink a family further into poverty - Independent.ie

An illegitimate child could sink a family further into poverty - Independent.ie: Broadly speaking, if you were down the social hierarchy, and became an unmarried mother, the Catholic Church, and society at large, determined you and the child had to be removed from the mainstream of Irish life.?

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ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Daingean: Minister describes steps to uncover abuse in 1960s



Daingean: Minister describes steps to uncover abuse in 1960s: It is important that the response of the State and the public to abuse should be both "adequate and courageous", Labour's education spokesman, Mr Michael D Higgins, said.?

Julia Gillard's adoption apology comes after an abyss of trauma | Andie Fox | Comment is free | theguardian.com

Julia Gillard's adoption apology comes after an abyss of trauma | Andie Fox | Comment is free | theguardian.com: The national apology was one of the more beautiful and principled speeches given by a prime minister in Australia. "We deplore the shameful practices that denied you, the mothers, your fundamental rights and responsibilities to love and care for your children. You were not legally or socially acknowledged as their mothers. And you were yourselves deprived of care and support. To you, the mothers who were betrayed by a system that gave you no choice and subjected you to manipulation, mistreatment and malpractice, we apologise."?EVIL KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES?

History Ireland

History Ireland: Personal Histories is an initiative by History Ireland, which aims to capture the individual histories of Irish people both in Ireland and around the world. It is hoped to build an extensive database reflecting Irish lives, giving them a chance to be heard, remembered and to add their voice to the historical record.?

Tuam mother-and-baby home is a scandal of church and state | Irish Examiner

Tuam mother-and-baby home is a scandal of church and state | Irish Examiner: At worst, we may be viewing systemic instances of infanticide and/or neglect not just at one such home but repeated throughout others, because the people paid for and tasked with caring for these vulnerable but ultimately invisible children regarded them as sub-human because of their non-marital status.?

Punishing Infanticide in the Irish Free State | Irish Journal of Legal Studies

Punishing Infanticide in the Irish Free State | Irish Journal of Legal Studies: The court records show that a notable aspect of sentencing practice in these Irish infanticide cases is the use of non-penal religious institutions, mostly convents, as an alternative to traditional custody.?

New evidence that Irish children were murdered | The Ragged Wagon

New evidence that Irish children were murdered | The Ragged Wagon: Marion was placed in St. Joseph’s industrial school, Summerhill outside Athlone, County Westmeath in 1937. She was only a baby. She recalls “a girl who had her appendix out.” The nuns made the girl get up to work, despite the fact that when she came back from hospital she was ordered to rest. “A few days after they forced her to get up, she died. She was a lovely girl and she was only 15 years old.” There are similar reports from most of the industrial schools.?

The stench of an Irish rat - Harvesting the Fruit of the Vatican II

The stench of an Irish rat - Harvesting the Fruit of the Vatican II: The grave itself, in spite of the tenor of media reports, is not some recent “shocking discovery;” in fact, it’s not even news. According to a Reuters News Service video on the Washington Post site (linked above), the grave was discovered some 39 years ago.?

Government to make last-minute changes to contentious legal reform Bill - Crime & Law News from Ireland & Abroad | The Irish Times - Mon, Jun 02, 2014

Government to make last-minute changes to contentious legal reform Bill - Crime & Law News from Ireland & Abroad | The Irish Times - Mon, Jun 02, 2014: Separately, the Department of Justice told The Irish Times it had been in discussions with “key stakeholders” and would bring forward further amendments to the Legal Services Regulation Bill in the coming weeks.?

Collusion of community, religion and State spawned true horrors - Independent.ie

Collusion of community, religion and State spawned true horrors - Independent.ie: Local Health Officials?

‘Paddy’ still likes to know what’s going on

‘Paddy’ still likes to know what’s going on?He Sure Doe's.?