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05 Jan 2023

Childhood Abuse: Getting Compensation in Ireland

Compensation for childhood abuse in Ireland is a deeply sensitive issue that has been under scrutiny for many years. The Irish government has made significant efforts to address the harm that has been inflicted on survivors of institutional and other forms of childhood abuse. The government has established several redress schemes to compensate survivors and […]

Mother and Baby Homes: 34,000 survivors eligible for compensation in €800m redress scheme

News

19 Nov 2021

Mother and Baby Homes: 34,000 survivors eligible for compensation in €800m redress scheme

The Cabinet signed off on the details of a long-awaited redress scheme today.

Symphysiotomy: state sanctioned butchering of young women

Article

07 Aug 2021

Symphysiotomy: state sanctioned butchering of young women

A “mass medical experiment” that butchered young women, permanently maiming them in the name of Catholic doctrine, the surgical procedure of symphysiotomy was practised in Ireland from 1944-1984.