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Alliance is to advocate equal human and civil rights for those
affected by Ireland's closed secret adoption system.
NEWS....
Clann project
information video In June, Justice for Magdalenes Research (JFMR) and
Adoption Rights Alliance (ARA) launched the Clann project in
association with global law firm Hogan Lovells to assist those who wish to
make a statement to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and
Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters.
Clann has now launched an
information video about the project which you can view below.
ARA Fact Sheet for Adopted People on the
Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes Adoption Rights Alliance has compilied a
fact sheet for adopted people with information on the Comission of
Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes. Click the image below to
download the PDF.
ARA to hold Adoption Information Day, including Clann information
session
Adoption Rights Alliance (ARA) will hold an Adoption Information Day
on Saturday, 25th
June 2016, between 12 pm and 6 pm at
Racket Hall Hotel in Roscrea,
Co Tipperary.
The Adoption Information Day is open to adopted people (including
those fostered/boarded out prior to 1952) natural mothers and
natural family members. ARA members will present a workshop on
adoption information and tracing, offering practical advice and
opportunities for questions and answers. There will also be a
presentation on adoption legislation, which will include a
discussion on the information and tracing bill proposed by former
Minister James Reilly in 2015. Dr Robbie Roulston from University
College Dublin will also give a presentation on the historical
context of Irish adoption.
Last week, ARA and Justice for Magdalenes Research (JFMR) announced
the launch of Clann: Ireland’s Unmarried Mothers and their Children:
Gathering the Data (Clann), a major project which will offer support
to those who wish to make a statement to the
Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain
Related Matters. The Clann project is being delivered in
association with global law firm Hogan Lovells.
ARA and JFMR, along with Rod Baker, who is leading the Clann project
at Hogan Lovells, will hold a Clann information session at the
Adoption Information Day. Mr Baker and members of ARA and JFMR will
be available to answer any questions attendees may have about the
project. Further Clann information sessions will be held in Ireland,
the UK and the US in due course.
Adoption Rights Alliance (ARA) to
hold Adoption Information Day, Saturday, 25 June 2016, in Roscrea,
Co Tipperary Coinciding with the third annual Sean Ross Abbey
commemorative service to be held on the grounds of the former
mother-and-baby home on Sunday, 26 June, 2016, 2pm (Sean Ross Abbey,
Roscrea, Co Tipperary), the Adoption Information Day will take place
on Saturday, 25 June 2016, from 12 pm to 6 pm at Racket Hall Country
House in Roscrea, Co Tipperary.
15th June 2016:
Launch of major project to assist with Mother and Baby Homes
Commission of Investigation
Justice for Magdalenes Research (JFMR) and
Adoption Rights Alliance (ARA) are delighted to announce the launch
of a major project which will offer support to those who wish to
make a statement to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and
Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters.
The project will provide individuals with free witness statement
drafting assistance and it has been endorsed by Philomena Lee and
her daughter Jane Libberton. It will be known as
Clann:
Ireland’s Unmarried Mothers and their Children: Gathering the Data
(Clann) and it will be delivered in association with global law firm
Hogan Lovells.
Adoption Rights Alliance says legislative proposals impose statutory
discrimination Adoption Rights Alliance (ARA), a group
advocating for equal and civil rights for adopted people says that
the adoption legislation announced today by Minister for Children,
James Reilly would introduce statutory-based discrimination against
adopted people. -- Click here to read
more
14th
May 2015
Adoption Rights Alliance Calls for Yes Vote in Marriage Equality
Referendum
Adoption Rights Alliance (ARA), which advocates
for equal human and civil rights for those affected by Ireland's
closed, secret, forced adoption system, is stating its unequivocal
support for a Yes vote in the upcoming marriage equality referendum.
Adoption Rights Alliance urges senators to amend
Children and Family Relationships Bill
Adoption Rights Alliance (ARA), which advocates for equal
identity rights for those affected by Ireland’s closed, secret,
forced adoption system has urged Senators to amend the Children
and Family Relationships Bill as the organisation is deeply
concerned that the Bill does not go far enough to protect the
identity rights of donor conceived children and adults.
Adoption Rights Alliance concerned about identity rights
in Children and Family Relationships Bill
Adoption
Rights Alliance (ARA), which advocates for equal identity rights for
those affected by Ireland’s closed, secret, forced adoption system
has said while there is much to welcome in the Children and Family
Relationships Bill, it is nonetheless concerned that the Bill does
not go far enough to ensure that history does not repeat itself.
ARA’s
concerns cover three main areas: a) the lack of retrospective rights
for those born before the enactment of this legislation b) the lack
of information provided while the child is growing up and c) the
information sought from the donor at the time of donation is wholly
insufficient.The organisation has submitted a
Briefing Note to the Oireachtas, urging legislators to implement
the necessary changes.
Adoption Rights Alliance Briefing Note on Commission of
Investigation
Adoption Rights Alliance sends a Briefing Note to
TDs in advance of today's debate on the Terms of
Reference for the Commission of Investigation. We have
urged TDs to take the issues we have raised into account
during the debate on the Terms of Reference as we are
gravely concerned about the limited scope of the
Commission and the exclusion of large sections of the
Irish adoption community.
Adoption Rights Alliance gives cautious welcome to Inquiry but cites grave concerns
Adoption Rights Alliance (ARA), which advocates for equal human and civil rights for those affected by Ireland's closed secret forced adoption system has cautiously welcomed certain elements of the Terms of Reference for the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters. However, the group has grave concerns that the inquiry has, from the outset, been limited to only investigating the practices and procedures of those institutions, agencies and individuals with a direct connection to a Mother and Baby Home.
“In all of us there
is a hunger, marrow-deep, to know our heritage, to know who we are
and where we have come from. Without this enriching knowledge, there
is a hollow yearning . . . and the most disquieting
loneliness."
