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Redress
Archbishop says religious orders should not be 'scapegoated' for Mother and Baby Homes
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Mother and baby home report and government's response is a 'whitewash', says Boyd Barrett
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'We did not live up to our Christianity': Bon Secours apologises for Tuam mother and baby home
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'Callousness and cruelty': International headlines about mother and baby home report
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Analysis
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'I unreservedly apologise': Archbishop Martin accepts Church's part in mother and baby home scandal
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Government to investigate leaking of details of Mother and Baby Homes report
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final report
Premature births and malnutrition: how infant mortality in one home rose to 900% of national rates
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Mother and baby homes: Cases of underage pregnant girls were not referred to GardaÃ
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survivor testimonies
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final report
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Mary Harney
'Accept responsibility and we might accept your apology': Survivors brace themselves for mother and baby home report
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forced adoption
Philomena Lee says Ireland must ensure mother and baby home 'atrocities' never happen again
11 Jan 2021
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burials
Varadkar supports investigation into 'disrespectful' leak of mother and baby home information
11 Jan 2021
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minister for children
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national archive
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records
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Commission submits Mother and Baby Homes report to minister
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COMMISSION REPORT
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