#mother-and-baby-homes

#mother-and-baby-homes

The planned home delivery was facilitated by Edgware Midwives, the designated home birth team at Barnet Hospital, which operates as part of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Statistics show that between April 2019 and March 2025, 104 children died with temporary accommodation recorded as a contributing factor to their vulnerability, ill-health or death.

The Taoiseach stated that it is not acceptable for public representatives to give character references in criminal cases of a sexual nature, highlighting the need to prioritize the victim's experience.

The ODAIT explained that to date, all remains recovered from the area are of infants that were buried in coffins, which have since decayed. In a small number of instances, two or three individuals were buried in the same coffin.

Judge Edwards criticized a TD for praising Daniel Ramamoorthy's 'previous good name' while ignoring the victim and the 'vile' and 'horrifying nature' of the crimes.

The provision of character references for convicted sexual offenders raises significant public concern, especially when taxpayer funds support the salaries of public officials.

Martina and Ammi Burke were 'risk assessed' when they were committed to prison and it was decided they would be housed together in a room with no other inmates, despite the overcrowding crisis.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin emphasized that public representatives must not give character references in cases involving sexual crimes, highlighting the need to prioritize victims over offenders.

Pat Salmon, who was sentenced for the repeated sexual assault of a five-year-old girl, died in the Mater Hospital after serving only four months of his three-year sentence.

Parents take their children to parades to be entertained, not to have to explain the horrors of one of America's most notorious paedophiles. How was a gruesome float featuring a mock scene of America's most notorious sex offender abusing young girls able to cruise through a St Patrick's Day parade in Mayo and then amble on to two more?

A judge sentencing a man for a horrific arson attack said it was by 'the grace of God' that four children and their mother were not burnt to death.

Judge said man's treatment of the victims bordered on 'sadism' Man used violence, intimidation, malnourishment and degradation as tools of repression Judge praised the three siblings for coming forward as it can 'show a pathway to others seeking justice'

Saoirse Aylward has called for the introduction of a new law named after her unborn son, Jax, who died following the collision on the main Rosslare to Wexford Road in January 2024, to help provide closure and recognition for families like hers.

I was taken to hospital chained to an officer with handcuffs but assumed they would be removed at the entrance to the hospital. I was so shocked when the cuffs weren't removed. When I told the prison guards who had brought me to hospital about what the Birth Companions booklet said, they replied: We don't know what that book is, we're not going to abide by it.

Blaine Parker can now be named after his ex-girlfriend indicated she wanted him identified at Mullingar Circuit Criminal Court, where the judge described it as the worst domestic violence case he had seen

A man who caused the unlawful termination of a woman's pregnancy after forcing her to take five 'abortion' pills and then locking her in a room at a house in Co Donegal has been jailed for nine years.

a much-needed facility in the city. At the moment, we have a handful of domestic violence refuge beds in the city. I understand that we have six beds in Cuanlee [refuge] and maybe a handful more across the city. Otherwise, women and children are being sent to homeless services, which is completely inappropriate. This facility will meet their needs and it will provide vital services for women and children going through probably one of the hardest things any one of us could ever go through,