November 2010 Blog Posts (3)

Origins Ireland

I am BC Provincial Coordinator for Origins Canada. I would like to help start up a group in Ireland for the mothers who were incarcerated in maternity homes in Ireland and had their children taken by forced and coerced adoptions. Was wondering if there are any groups like this that have started up yet?

More Info on Origins Canada http://www.originscanada.org/

Added by Hanne Andersen on November 28, 2010 at 19:00 — No Comments

Rite & Reason - Irish Times 2005

Bear in mind this was written in 2005 - before the publication of the Ryan Report.

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Kicking the church more fun than facing real problems

Rite and Reason:

Is it not strange that we are devoting so much energy to inquiring into the abuse of children half a century ago when there is so much that is… Continue

Added by Andrew Brennan on November 24, 2010 at 13:00 — 4 Comments

De Valera Incarcerated Children of anti-Nazi Fighters

THOUSANDS OF MEN deserted the Irish Defence Forces during the Second World War to fight with the British armed forces. Some did so because of their feelings about fascism, some because they were bored, others for better pay. When those who surivived the war came home they found that, as well as dismissing them from the Defence Forces, Éamon de Valera’s government had, more damagingly, blacklisted them from all state jobs. [… Continue

Added by Andrew Brennan on November 16, 2010 at 15:44 — 11 Comments

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