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IN the late 1960s a child arrived at Pelletstown mother and baby home in Navan Road, Dublin, on the recommendation of a paediatrician. The child had been placed for adoption but was being returned . A note said the child s adoptive mother was reluctant to keep baby. she considers him retarded. Admit to St Patrick s Home .
Two years later the child was declared of average intelligence and well suited to adoption or boarding . A letter from a Pelletstown medical officer to the Adoption Board said his initial backwardness was due to environmental conditions .
The final report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes documents the shameful treatment of mothers and their children born out of wedlock.
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Image: Sasko Lazarov
Image: Sasko Lazarov
THE REPORT OF the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes found some children were dismissed as ‘unfit for adoption’ due to their race or because of a disability by religious orders who ran the institutions.
Although this was the case for some children in two homes examined by the Commission, the report states there ‘does not appear to have been systematic discrimination against women and children based on their race or mental or physical disability