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The history of forced adoption in Ireland

February 26, 2015

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In 2001, the then-Minister for Children, Mary Hanafin, introduced the first Adoption Information and Tracing Bill to Dáil Éireann. The Bill would attempt to criminalise adoptees by imposing a term of imprisonme...

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To be a same sex couple: Ireland is going to have a referendum on same sex marriage

Cagda Erzincan

February 11, 2015

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Same Sex Marriage - Photo credit Carlos Melia (Flickr) Ireland is preparing for a same sex marriage referendum at the end of May on a date yet to be decided. It is causing some discussion between society an...

“Being gay is something to be frowned upon”

Vanja Skotnes

April 3, 2013

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Amanda (22) is a teacher in a catholic school in Galway. She is also gay. No one knows of her sexual orientation, she is too fearful of the consequences to ever come out as gay, she says. (more…)...

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The history of forced adoption in Ireland

To be a same sex couple: Ireland is going to have a referendum on same sex marriage

“Being gay is something to be frowned upon”