Clann’s Ongoing Campaign 2025

  • CLANN continues to campaign for the human rights of those affected by Ireland’s enforced family separation regime and abusive institutionalisation.
  • It continues to call the government to account for its ongoing violations of survivors’ rights to justice and redress, a violation which is in breach of the States legal obligations under international human rights law and as reported by the United Nations human rights bodies.
  • CLANN, ARA and Justice for Magdalene Research continue to publish updates on their websites.
  • Our ongoing guidance for people engaging with services under BITA:
  • Birth Information & Tracing System FAQs
  • JFM Publications
  • Publications by JFMR Members
  • Publications by Dr Maeve O’Rourke

This is a link to the wide range of relevant publications by Dr Maeve O’Rourke regarding Ireland’s 20th Century Institutional and Gender-based Abuses, including:

  • Books
  • Peer reviewed journals
  • Published reports and policy contributions
  • Conference contributions, invited lecturers and seminars
  • Data set and case papers
  • Newspaper articles
  • Blogs
  • Radio Presentations
  • Video recordings and TV
  • OpenHeartCityDublin.ie

This is a link to further information about Ireland’s 20th Century Institutional and Gender-based Abuses (with sources up to 2020) displayed on the Open Heart City website. Information includes:

  • Official reports
    • Oral history projects
    • Films and documentaries
    • Podcasts
    • News video segments
    • Academic books
    • Creative literature
    • Life Writing / Memoir
    • Art / Visual Culture
  • Podcasts
    • June 2018 The Home Babies – Catherine Corless and the Tuam Mother and Baby Home.BBC Radio 4
    • October to December 2022 Redacted Lives – Documentary – The real story of Mother and Baby Homes HYPERLINK “https://pod.link/1652079463″A six-part documentary series from The Journal that tells the real story of mother and baby homes in Ireland; from what happened within; to how the State continues to deny survivors access to information, proper redress and ownership of their true stories. Finally, they get to speak in their own words, in their own voices. New episode every Thursday for six weeks. Presented by Órla Ryan, produced by Nicky Ryan with executive producer Sinéad O’Carroll. Hosted on Acast.