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Liam Neeson “filled with horror” over Tuam Babies, to go ahead with major film

The Tuam babies scandal rocked Ireland and the world and now Liam Neeson has revealed he is going ahead with a major film project on the issue.

Genealogy

Family Heritage Month - Professor discovers the long-hidden dark secrets of her Irish family

Princeton Professor unearths the sad “half-life” her family was condemned to due to the “wicked ideals of morality, propriety, and respectability.”

Genealogy

Family Heritage Month - DNA test reveals truth for one man after Irish nuns lied

Maine man Kevin Battle traced his mother using a DNA test but was lied to by Irish Catholic Nuns about his past.

Northern Ireland

“Unprecedented independent investigation” recommended for Northern Ireland's Mother and Baby Homes

Deirdre Mahon, the chair of the Truth Recovery Design Panel, says it is "essential' that the recommendations "are acted on without delay."

Education

LISTEN: Cillian Murphy narrates podcast on survivors of Tuam Mother and Baby Homes

The podcast series, which is part of "NUI Galway's Tuam Oral History Project", allows survivors of the Tuam institution and their families to tell their own stories.

History

IrishCentral’s Book of the Month: “Belonging: A Memoir” by Catherine Corless

For October, join the IrishCentral Book Club as we read the bestseller “Belonging: A Memoir” by Catherine Corless.

Cahir O'Doherty

Magdalene laundry survivors: they haven't gone away you know

There is a feeling among some observers that Ireland's Magdalene Laundry and Mother and Baby Homes scandals have been addressed and redressed, but nothing could be further from the truth, this new book reminds us.

Other Writers

“Untold Secrets” - Irish politicians accused of abuse in new documentary

The late Anne Kelly Silke alleges in "Untold Secrets" that she was abused by her foster father, TD Mark Killilea Sr., a founding member of Fianna Fáil, and his son.

News

Seven survivors to challenge Ireland's Mother and Baby Home report

Philomena Lee is among the seven women survivors set to challenge Ireland's Mother and Baby Home report in hopes of setting a precedent for similar cases.

History