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President Higgins urged to visit Tuam Mother and Baby Home site

Catherine Corless is urging President Higgins to pay an official visit to the Tuam Mother and Baby Site as more survivors speak out.

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New bill lays out excavation plans for Tuam Mother and Baby Home

Ireland's Minister for Children and Youth published her draft legislation of the excavation plans for the Tuam Mother and Baby Home this week.

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Genealogy

DNA test reveals truth for one man after Irish nuns lied

Maine man Kevin Battle traces his mother using an AncestryDNA test. Battle had been lied to by Irish Catholic Nuns about his past.

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Irish priest says he “doesn’t believe” the Tuam Mother and Baby Home "narrative"

Irish priest Father Gerry Young told Gemma O'Doherty that he doesn't believe the "narrative" of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home.

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Researchers looking for Tuam Mother and Baby Home survivors, relatives for documentary

A television production company is in search of both survivors and relatives of survivors of Ireland's Tuam Mother and Baby Home for a new documentary.

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On This Day: Father Flanagan, founder of Boys Town, is born in Ireland

Monsignor Edward Joseph Flanagan, the founder of Boys Town, was born on this day in 1886 in Co Roscommon.

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Irish mother "devastated" to learn daughter isn't hers, blames Dublin mother and baby home

Irish woman Helen Maguire is blaming a Dublin mother and baby home after learning that her 52-year-old daughter is not actually hers.

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Survivor stories from Tuam Mother and Baby Home told in new podcast

Tuam Mother and Baby Home survivors will tell their stories on a new RTÉ podcast, Morning Ireland Extra.

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Little evidence that babies were sold to America from Irish mother and baby homes

The Irish Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation published its fifth interim report on Wednesday.

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Northern Irish mother and baby home researchers appeal for oral histories

A research project is making an urgent appeal for people to share their experiences of Northern Ireland's mother and baby homes.

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