IRELAND
Herald
BY TIM HEALY – 10 FEBRUARY 2015
A 68-YEAR-old woman is suing two religious orders and the HSE over the alleged forced adoption of her four-month-old baby 45 years ago.
She said that at the age of 21, in 1968, she was raped near Howth in Dublin, became pregnant, and was sent for pre- and post-natal care to St Patrick’s mother and baby home on the Navan Road, Dublin, before giving birth in March 1969, the High Court heard.
At that time, she had been living and working in the Magdalene Laundry in Drumcondra, Dublin, having already spent most of her life in care.
From the age of six, she lived in institutions which each had “extremely harsh” environments. She said she was physically abused, went hungry, was frightened a lot of the time and had to work hard for no money in the institutions.
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