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Final Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes
From Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
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The Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related matters was established by the Irish Government in February 2015 to provide a full account of what happened to vulnerable women and children in Mother and Baby Homes during the period 1922 to 1998. It submitted its final report to the Minister on 30 October 2020.
Each element of the Report can be accessed through the links below.
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The Report deals with issues which many may find distressing. If you are affected by the issues raised in the Report, contact details for support are available under ‘Counselling supports'.
- Chapter 1: State structures, supports and legislation
- Chapter 2: Institutions
- Chapter 3: The situation prior to 1922
- Chapter 4: 1922-1939
- Chapter 5: The war years
- Chapter 6: Post war years
- Chapter 7: Pregnant from Ireland
- Chapter 8: Profile of unmarried mothers in the mid 20th century
- Chapter 9: Attitudes
- Chapter 10: County homes
- Chapter 11: Boarding out
- Chapter 12: 1973 - Unmarried mothers and their children in the late twentieth century 1960s to 1998
- Chapter 13: Dublin Union/Pelletstown/St Patrick's, Navan Road/Eglinton Road
- Chapter 14: Belmont Flatlets
- Chapter 15: The Tuam Children’s Home
- Chapter 16: The County Clare Nursery, Kilrush
- Chapter 17: The Sacred Heart Mother and Baby Homes
- Chapter 18: Bessborough
- Chapter 19: Sean Ross
- Chapter 20: Castlepollard
- Chapter 21: Regina Coeli
- Chapter 22: Bethany Home
- Chapter 23: Denny House, formerly the Magdalen Asylum
- Chapter 24: Dunboyne (Árd Mhuire)
- Chapter 25: Miss Carr's
- Chapter 26: The Castle
- Chapter 27: St Gerard's
- Chapter 28: Cork County Home
- Chapter 29: Stranorlar County Home
- Chapter 30: Thomastown County Home
- Chapter 31: Discrimination
- Chapter 32: Adoption
- Chapter 33: Deaths
- Chapter 34: Vaccine trials
- Chapter 35: Finance
- Chapter 36: Human rights
- Chapter 37a: The Netherlands
- Chapter 37b: Scotland
- Chapter 38a: Addendum to burials report
- Chapter 38b: Appendix Report of Forensic Archaeological Investigations at Sean Ross
Final Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes
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DownloadView all the interim reports of the Commission, including the Sixth Interim Report which is being published for the first time.
Further details on the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters, including a Frequently Asked Questions document can be found here.
