IRELAND
Independent
January 13, 2021
By Hugh O’Connell
A right for adopted people to access their birth information – including their birth cert and other records – among recommendations of the Commission
https://www.independent.ie/news/higher-infant-mortality-rate-appalling-conditions-and-emotional-abuse-the-mother-and-baby-homes-report-at-a-glance-39960509.html
The 2,865-page report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes has been published, covering the period from 1922 to 1998 – a span of 76 years.
Ireland was “especially cold and harsh for women” during the earlier half of the period under the commission’s remit and that all women “suffered serious discrimination”, the Commission says.
Women who gave birth outside of marriage were subject to “particularly harsh treatment”.
Responsibility for this, the report states, rests mainly with fathers of their children and their own immediate families. It adds: “It was supported by, contributed to, and condoned by, the institutions of the State and the Churches.”
Here are some of its key details and findings.
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