Bournemouth woman calls for investigation into illegal adoption
Undated handout photo issued by Theresa Hiney Tinggall showing Theresa Hiney Tinggall, who has called for a full nationwide investigation into the practice of illegal adoption following the airing of an RTE documentary on Wednesday night. Issue date: A woman who discovered she was illegally adopted and had her birth certificate falsified has called for a full, nationwide investigation into the scandal. Theresa Hiney Tinggal, 66, who was born in Dublin but now lives in Bournemouth, has said any inquiry must not be limited to adoptees from St Patrick’s Guild, where at least 126 births between 1946 and 1969 were incorrectly registered.
A woman who discovered she was illegally adopted and had her birth certificate falsified has called for a full, nationwide investigation into the scandal.
Theresa Hiney Tinggal has said any inquiry must not be limited to adoptees from St Patrick’s Guild, where at least 126 births between 1946 and 1969 were incorrectly registered.
Ms Tinggal was stunned to discover the truth about her past in 2002 at age of 48, and has criticised the Government for ignoring the issue for so long.
There can t just be a review of St Patrick s Guild. They need to review all the illegal adoptees, and all the other homes.
Mother-and-baby homes: Questions raised over deleted recordings
By Eimear Flanagan
image captionThe state-wide inquiry investigated 18 homes, including Sean Ross Abbey in County Tipperary
Concerns have been raised over the decision to delete audio recordings of witnesses who gave evidence to the Irish mother-and-baby homes inquiry.
The recordings were made when former residents were invited to tell their personal stories to the inquiry.
Its final report said people were informed before they gave evidence that the recordings would be destroyed.
But some witnesses dispute that and Ireland s data watchdog has questioned the legal basis for the deletion.
The Data Protection Commission has written to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes seeking answers about the deleted audio recordings.
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As the report outlines, this mood of sexual repression extended to “evil literature”, “immodesty in female dress”, “the dangers of dancing” and “condemnation of company-keeping”.
The torturing with shame of mothers has had such a profound effect that women whose children were adopted decades ago often still cannot come to terms with forming a relationship with them if they try to get in touch. They can still struggle to bring their parallel lives together.
We may live in a supposedly liberal, tolerant republic, but adoption is still covered in a veil of secrecy.