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A new independent investigation into Northern Ireland s mother and baby homes and Magdalene Laundries announced last week is expected to look at the trafficking of children across the border.
A research report found at least 10,640 women and girls entered mother and baby homes in Northern Ireland between 1922 and 1990, with 11pc of them being moved to the Republic.
The revelation has prompted questions over the legality of the cross-border adoptions of children.
The research confirms there is evidence that a number of children were moved from mother and baby homes in the North to others in the Republic and were then adopted there and in the United States and Britain.
); The Kerry Babies Tribunal laid bare the virulent misogyny at the heart of a patriarchal Irish State
Dr Mary McAuliffe reflects on the Kerry Babies Tribunal following the State’s apology to Joanne Hayes and her family – 36 years later. By Dr Mary McAuliffe Sunday 20 Dec 2020, 10:58 AM Dec 20th 2020, 10:58 AM 16,422 Views 16 Comments Dr Mary McAuliffe
DELIVERING RESTORATIVE JUSTICE and apologies to women for past wrongs has become something of a regular occurrence in the country, as it should be.
From the Magdalene survivors to those who endured the traumas of the Mother and Baby Homes to those women caught up in the cervical smear scandal, acknowledgements of wrongs done have come, although oftentimes they came dropping slow, grudging and