The Victims and Survivors Service (VSS) is available to provide interim emotional support to victims and survivors impacted by Mother and Baby Institutions and Magdalene Laundries in Northern Ireland. This support is available in confidence,… Read More »Support
The International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague has been asked to investigate the “violent legacy” of mother and baby homes, Magdalene Laundries, and industrial schools in Ireland and Northern Ireland. A prominent legal firm… Read More »ICC asked to investigate mother and baby homes and Magdalene Laundries
This is a special page and series of online Panel discussions arranged by Amnesty International and can be found on their official Website Page on Mother and Baby Institutions in Northern Ireland. Full information and… Read More »Amnesty International: Time for truth and justice…
When Margaretta D’Arcy left Armagh Jail in 1980 having served three months for refusing to pay a fine for taking part in a demonstration Irish Republican women prisoners asked her to ‘Tell Them Everything’. She… Read More »Telling It Like It Is: Writing the Voices of Others with Phil Scraton
Chair of the Truth Recovery Strategy Design Panel, Deirdre Mahon, would ask everyone who may have been born in one of the institutions, may have a family member who may have been born in one… Read More »Call to get involved
Click on this link to listen to the full feature on BBC: Click HERE for the BBC Feature 👈 Feature on BBC – text below from BBC: OR Download the MP3 file to listen in… Read More »The Lost Children of Marianvale
Truth Recovery Panel member, Professor Phil Scraton provides an update on the Truth Recovery Design Strategy and on what will happen in the period ahead.
“I was told I was going to a lovely new school in New Ross . . . I was collected by a man in a laundry van.” A poignant new documentary on Community Radio Youghal… Read More »Poignant documentary presents first hand accounts of life in Ireland’s institutions
CONTEXT What is the Truth Recovery Co-Design Process? On 26 January 2021, the Northern Ireland Executive agreed to the publication of the research report it had commissioned on the operation of historical Mother and Baby… Read More »Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Informing the next stage of inquiry or investigation The Truth Recovery Panel is well aware of the strength of feeling among many families who have campaigned for justice for years. More recently, other families have… Read More »Methodology to inform the next stage