We call on the Govt to immediately release the Bessborough archaeological reports & other evidence in the Mother and Baby Homes Commission Archive. We're also publishing 150+ submissions from affected people which we collated & submitted to An Coimisiún Pleanála. clannproject.org/bbstatement-...

Please help us save Bessborough. If this was Tuam, the government would never dream of allowing a developer to build on the site. Why is Bessborough being treated differently? Click the link below to email all TDs & Senators and urge the government to step in.

@clannproject.bsky.social · 3w ago

SAVE BESSBOROUGH: WE NEED YOUR HELP 878 mothers and babies remain missing at Bessborough. We must force the Government to step in before developers build over this land. Click here to send an automatic email directly to all TDs and Senators. clannproject.org/savebessboro...

1) The survey phase of the review of the operation of the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 is now open. The research is being conducted by Quality Matters, an independent organisation with no connection to the State. The survey can be accessed here: survey.alchemer.eu/s3/91131498/...

ℹ️ This is an important opportunity for affected people to feed into the review of services established under the Birth Information & Tracing Act. -- Call for Expressions of Interest: Review of Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 Services - Service User Advisory Group www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

Call for Expressions of Interest: Review of Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 Services - Service User Advisory Group

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2/2 Previously, alongside academic colleagues, with @maeveorourke.bsky.social as lead author, we made a submission supporting the appeal by Bessboro Mother and Baby Home Support Group against the grant of planning permission. The submission can be downloaded at: clannproject.org/planning/

Planning Submissions

Large-Scale Residential Development at the site of the former Mother and Baby institution at Bessborough (Planning Ref. 25/4442) 17th April 2026: Collation of Submissions from Survivors and Affected p...

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1/2 Today, Clann submitted a collation of 156 observations from survivors and affected people to An Coimisiún Pleanála, objecting to the proposed development at the site of the former Mother and Baby Institution at Bessborough. For further information, please visit: clannproject.org/planning/

1) Ethics and the 1926 Census The release of the 1926 Census this weekend marks a significant moment for historical research in Ireland. Over the past two decades, I have used publicly available records to identify women who lived & died within the Magdalene Laundries.

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JFMR has updated our Magdalene Names Project webpage. The update includes important information on our ethical protocols, and why (save for a small number of exceptions) the Names Project does not name women (living or deceased) on our website or in publications. jfmresearch.com/home/magdale...

1/2 The Dept of Children, Disability & Equality has launched a public consultation on changes to the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 relating to illegal birth registrations. The survey is open to all so please get involved if it's of relevance to you: www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

1) It has come to my attention that David Quinn, writing in a Catholic publication and relying on the McAleese Report’s flawed findings, has made inaccurate claims regarding both the extent of abuse and the length of confinement experienced by women in the Magdalene Laundries.

1/2 Please support @carmelcantwell.bsky.social and the Bessboro Support Group, at their vigil on 8th March at 1pm in protest at the Cork City Council decision to grant planning permission for development of the Bessboro site.

A damning indictment of the scheme from the Special Advocate @patriciac.bsky.social Concern over 'poor take up' of Mother and Baby scheme www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

Concern over 'poor take up' of Mother and Baby scheme

Concern has been raised over "the poor take up" of the Mother and Baby Institutions redress scheme which the Special Advocate for Survivors has described as "exclusionary, poorly advertised, and re-tr...

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Dr Claire McGettrick Born Lorraine Hughes@cmcgettrick.bsky.social · 6mo ago

1) Minister Norma Foley has finally published the 'Mother & Baby Institutions Payment Scheme' annual report for 2024. Just a few initial observations: ❓It's Feb 2026 - why the delay in publication? 📖 It's just 22 pages long, which means it's low on details. This is deeply troubling.

1) Minister Norma Foley has finally published the 'Mother & Baby Institutions Payment Scheme' annual report for 2024. Just a few initial observations: ❓It's Feb 2026 - why the delay in publication? 📖 It's just 22 pages long, which means it's low on details. This is deeply troubling.

There will (rightly) be much focus on Tuam in the coming days. But we can’t forget there are many other sites with remains unaccounted for, with families seeking answers & justice, e.g., @carmelcantwell.bsky.social @consumerfrank.bsky.social All burial sites deserve the same level of scrutiny.

Further to our earlier statement (⬇️) JFMR is pleased to confirm that the issue has now been resolved. For further details see: jfmresearch.com/testimony/jf...

JFMR Statement Regarding a Significant Error in Testimony Documentary

29th november 2025 update to JFMR Statement Regarding a Significant Error in Testimony Documentary Further to our earlier statement (below) concerning a significant error in the Testimony documenta…

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@jfmresearch.bsky.social · 8mo ago

JFMR Statement Regarding a Significant Error in Testimony Documentary jfmresearch.com/testimony/jf...

JFMR Statement Regarding a Significant Error in Testimony Documentary jfmresearch.com/testimony/jf...

JFMR Statement Regarding a Significant Error in Testimony Documentary

On Sunday 23rd November, Justice for Magdalenes Research (JFMR) became aware that recent screenings of the Testimony documentary in the UK and Ireland are missing an onscreen caption providing esse…

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Justice for Magdalenes Research (JFMR) welcomes the forthcoming release of Testimony in Irish and UK cinemas from 21st November. Further details, including screening times and dates are available at: jfmresearch.com/testimony/

JFM Research Statement Re An Coimisiún Pleanála Decision to Grant Permission for SundaysWell Development: jfmresearch.com/wp-content/u... See JFMR's planning submissions page for further information: jfmresearch.com/publications...

1/5 On the occasion of his final day in office, JFMR commends the contributions made by @president.ie Michael D. Higgins to the campaign for justice for women incarcerated in Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries. (Photos: Paul Sherwood)

Our sincere congratulations to Dr Elizabeth Riordan Coppin, who yesterday received an honorary doctorate from South East Technological University in Waterford. jfmresearch.com/drriordan/

A reminder about the ethical protocols underpinning the work of the Magdalene Names Project & why we don’t publish lists of names. If you’re seeking info about a deceased family member, or if you’re a survivor seeking evidence of your confinement, you’re welcome to contact us.

@jfmresearch.bsky.social · last yr.

JFMR has updated our Magdalene Names Project webpage. The update includes important information on our ethical protocols, and why (save for a small number of exceptions) the Names Project does not name women (living or deceased) on our website or in publications. jfmresearch.com/home/magdale...

Justice for Magdalenes Research supports Industrial School survivors’ campaign; urges Government to provide proper health and social supports before it is too late jfmresearch.com/press-releas...

Justice for Magdalenes Research supports Industrial School survivors’ campaign; urges Government to provide proper health and social supports before it is too late

Justice for Magdalenes Research (JFMR) supports the demands of residential school survivors who began a hunger strike outside the Dáil on Monday 22 September. The survivors are campaigning for the …

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Lest anyone think that the work on the headstones was an indication of a Road to Damascus moment…

Frank Brehany@consumerfrank.bsky.social · 11mo ago

I can confirm that despite the fact that I have been in correspondence with the order since 2019, along with the fact that they know I am seeking pertinent information, they have not contacted me. I shall reflect on their Press Release and provide comment in the coming days

1) We founded JFM in 2003 when we learned about anomalies at the High Park graves, exposed by Mary Raftery. 22 yrs later, the Srs of Our Lady of Charity (OLC) say they’ve rectified errors & omissions at their Glasnevin graves. A few initial observations: goodshepherdsisters.ie/news-events/...?

1/2 Hi niallsargent.bsky.social, I don't have access, but what I can read of your article is concerning. Adoption isn't about helping prospective adopters to 'grow their families'. The decline in adoptions is welcome as more children get to stay with their families. thecurrency.news/articles/196...

Back from the brink: How Ireland's last standing international adoption agency nearly ran out of funds in 2024 - The Currency

Over 5,000 people have been adopted into Ireland since laws on intercountry adoption were first signed into law here in 1991.  While figures have dropped substantially in recent years from hundreds to...

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ℹ️ If you're having difficulty filling out the expression of interest PDF for representation on the National Centre for Research & Remembrance panels/Special Advocate's Advisory Council, there's a Word version of the form on this page that's not flagged in the dept's email: www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

Clann Project statement re the Government’s recent call to survivors and affected people, encouraging them to apply for ‘representation opportunities’ on the National Centre for Research and Remembrance (NCRR) Steering Group and other panels clannproject.org/ncrr/

National Centre for Research and Remembrance

The Clann Project has repeatedly asked the State to ensure that survivors and affected people are represented on boards that govern matters directly affecting them. Therefore, Clann welcomes the Government's recent call to survivors and affected people, encouraging them to apply for 'representation opportunities' on the National Centre for Research and Remembrance (NCRR) Steering Group, the National Museum of Ireland's 'Lived Experience expert panels' for the NCRR, and the Special Advocate for Survivors Advisory Council.  If you are interested in applying to become a member of one or more of the above committees, you can find the Government's 'Expression of Interest Form' here. The application process will remain open until 19th September 2025. If you are unable to complete the form electronically and do not have access to a printer, we encourage you to contact the Department's 'Mother and Baby Institutions Action Plan Unit' at motherandbabyhomes@dcde.gov.ie and ask them to send you a printed copy. Clann also welcomes the Government's use of the term 'survivors and affected persons'. We advocate for the use of 'affected people' or 'survivors and affected people' in lieu of the term 'survivors' when referring to the overall cohort of people impacted by Ireland's system of forced family separation and institutionalisation, because we are concerned that use of the collective term ‘survivor’ runs the risk of: (i) reinforcing the false narrative that abuses were perpetrated in institutional settings only; (ii) excluding people who were not born in Mother and Baby or County institutions; (iii) excluding mothers who did not give birth in Mother and Baby or County institutions; and (iv) excluding people who do not identify as 'survivors'. Importantly, how a person identifies has no bearing on whether human rights violations occurred—institutionalisation and forced family separation are abusive regardless of a person's preferred terms. It is crucial to ensure that nobody is left behind and that everyone impacted by this system feels represented in matters directly affecting them. Finally, Clann is concerned that survivors and affected people are still not represented on other boards and committees, such as the steering group for the upcoming review of the Birth (Information and Tracing) Act, and the board of the Adoption Authority.

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1) I welcome the Dept's usage of the term 'affected persons' in its recent announcement👇 ℹ️Here's why I encourage the use of 'survivors and affected people' in lieu of 'survivors' when referring to people impacted by forced family separation & institutionalisation.

Dr Claire McGettrick Born Lorraine Hughes@cmcgettrick.bsky.social · last yr.

Press release from the Department this afternoon: Minister Foley encourages survivors to apply for representation opportunities www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

Press release from the Department this afternoon: Minister Foley encourages survivors to apply for representation opportunities www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/moth... We at @jfmresearch.bsky.social are proud to have been able to fund expert report to support @carmelcantwell.bsky.social and her Madeleine and their determined legal team.

Mother of baby who died shortly after birth at Bessborough brings action over inquest refusal | BreakingNews.ie

Madeleine Bridget Marvier was 17 years old when she was admitted to the home in Blackrock, Cork City, in August 1960. About two months later, she gave birth to her son, William Gerard Walsh.

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JFM Research has made a submission to An Coimisiún Pleanála about the Proposed Property Developmentat the Site of the Former Magdalene Laundry at Sundays Well in Cork. jfmresearch.com/wp-content/u...