December 2015 Archives
This House of Tears
December 29, 2015
The house of tears: Secret tapes of woman who spent years at controversial Irish home for unmarried mothers reveals there WAS an unmarked mass grave for up to 800 childrenSome 796 children died at a single Irish care home between...
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The Bethany Home Case
December 23, 2015
Please Note in this RTE Breaking news today 21 12 20 15 The Minister Dr, James Reilly , Has made it clear that the Baby & Mother Commission can give Redress to the Protestant Bethany Home at any time it wishes , The...
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We should all take a moment to mourn children who died alone in mother and baby homes
December 22, 2015
FERGUS FINLAY4Tuesday, December 22, 2015Fergus Finlay Children in mother and baby homes were "buried in the dead of night with no priest, no cleric, no ritual, no mother beside them", writes Fergus FinlayThe Somebody's Child installation in Temple Bar is worth a...
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The Courage of the Bethany Survivors
December 22, 2015
"It would be a crime not to give us justice while we are still living"They have been included in the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes, but Bethany Home survivors say they can't wait another two years. http://jrnl.ie/2506544...
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Towards Healing - Counselling Services
December 17, 2015
Christmas Helpline Hours December 21, 22, 23 11:00 a,m, - 8:00 p.m.December 24 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.December 25 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.December 28 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.December 29,30 & ,31 11:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m January 1 11:00 a. m. - 4:00 p.m.On behalf of all at Towards...
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Reflections on todayʹs sentencing of a former Spiritan, Henry Moloney Wed 15th December 2015
December 17, 2015
Reflections on todayʹs sentencing of a former Spiritan, Henry Moloney Wed 15th December 2015 by Mark Vincent Healy This morning directly links two events in my own life. It is sentencing day again. The last day was 19th March 2009 and...
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Children of Shame
December 17, 2015
Children of ShamePlay videoA short film made by Saskia Any and all rights go to French Television www.derekleinster.com00:05:27Added on 14/12/201570 views...
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Ex-priest gets four years in jail for abuse
December 16, 2015
0Wednesday, December 16, 2015Conor Kane A former priest and music teacher who told the Pope last year he had a history of "abusing young boys" has been given a four-year prison term for indecently assaulting a secondary school student in the...
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HSE knew of 'quasi illegal' Bessborough adoptions in 2011
December 16, 2015
5Wednesday, December 16, 2015 By Conall Ó FáthartaIrish Examiner ReporterA senior HSE social worker revealed in 2011 that Bessborough Mother and Baby Home files contained information on the "quasi-illegal deportation and adoption" of children to the USA, Britain, and Australia.The revelation...
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Former priest jailed for abusing schoolboy
December 15, 2015
00Tuesday 15 December 2015 13.12Henry Moloney had been his victim's music teacher and choirmasterA 77-year-old former Spiritan priest has been sentenced to four years in prison, with the final year suspended, for the indecent assault of a schoolboy in a...
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RTE 2014
December 9, 2015
https://youtu.be/O7BxnC6EUuoPrime Time - (Anatomy Of A Scandal) 9th June 2014 scene tomeSubscribe7Add to Share More3,4457 0Published on 10 Jun 2014In the wake of recent events Prime Time rebroadcasts its 2011 award winning programme which uncovered the use of infants in Mother and Baby homes...
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Ordered to Destroy Vaccine Files
December 9, 2015
Irish nuns say they were ordered to destroy child vaccine filesCathy Hayes @irishcentral December 07,2015 08:26 AM562SHARES/+Mothers and their children surrounded by nuns at a Catholic mother and baby's home.The Catholic nuns who ran the Bessborough mother and baby home, in County Cork,...
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Could it be true?
December 7, 2015
Bessborough order claims it was 'told destroy vaccine files' in 2013206Monday, December 07, 2015 By Conall Ó FáthartaIrish Examiner ReporterThe order that ran the Bessborough mother and baby home has claimed it was instructed in 2013 to destroy "all documents" it...
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"Reporting to the civil authorities is prompt"
December 2, 2015
No criminal convictions in 53 allegations made against 44 members of religious orders by Catholic Church watchdog Sarah Mac Donald Published 02/12/2015 1Picture posed. The latest tranche of audits from the Catholic Church's safeguarding watchdog has examined 53 allegations made against...
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Connect Counselling Services
December 2, 2015
Dear Colleague, I am pleased to inform you that Connect will operate a continuous service throughout the Christmas and New Year period. Full details are listed below: Wednesday 16 December 6.00pm - 10.00pm Thursday 17 December 6.00pm...
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Former priest guilty of school indecent assault
December 2, 2015
Wednesday 02 December 2015 06.44 Henry Moloney will be sentenced on 15 DecemberA former priest has been found guilty of indecently assaulting a secondary school student in the 1980s while the priest worked as a choirmaster and music teacher.Henry...
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Child rape victims were in Bessborough maternity registers show
December 2, 2015
27Wednesday, December 02, 2015 By Conall Ó FáthartaIrish Examiner ReporterChildren as young as 12, pregnant as a result of rape, were in Bessborough Mother and Baby Home into the 1980s.Details from maternity registers, released under freedom of information, reveal between 1954...
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