mother and baby homes

SELF

‘I remember thinking, god please let him live, even though I have to give him away’

Two women share their stories about the societal pressures of having to give up a child in the…

By Amanda Cassidy

SELF

My adoption story: ‘I found something that had been lost my whole life’

Understanding where you come from is important to many but vulnerability can sometimes trump curiosity, writes Amanda Cassidy …

By Amanda Cassidy

woman running on tree-lined street alone

AGENDA

What do women do now?

The women of Ireland have lived through yet another week of anger, grief and frustration. But it’s what…

By Sinead Brady

AGENDA

Paris Hilton and the physical, verbal and emotional abuse she suffered while at boarding school

Britney Spears referenced friend Paris Hilton's boarding school trauma in her recent testimony and how difficult it is…

By Lauren Heskin

Little Dolls of Love

AGENDA

Little Dolls of Love: Project looking for 796 dolls to remember the babies lost at the Tuam Mother and Baby Home

Wanting to ensure that the victims of the Mother and Baby home in Tuam are never forgotten, four…

By Sarah Finnan

Evan Rachel Wood, AOC,FKA Twigs
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AGENDA, SELF

From Evan Rachel Wood to the survivors of mother & baby homes, we must listen to women’s testimony

What happens when we demand stories of women but don't listen to or respect the answers? Lynn Enright…

By Lynn Enright

what's on

LIVING

A new rom-com, a Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe thriller and Mother and Baby Home report: What’s on this weekend

From the unravelling the controversy around Mother and Baby Homes report, to a heavyweight drama and a fluffy…

By Lauren Heskin

Catherine Connolly

AGENDA

“Society did this, a society composed of the powerful against the powerless” Catherine Connolly gives stirring speech on the Mother and Baby Homes report

Language matters, or at least it should, says Catherine Connolly in her moving speech to the Dáil about…

By Lauren Heskin