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May 5

1/7
Peter Tyrell was born as Ireland was fighting for her independence and the country was in poverty. In desperation his mum begged for food and when he was eight years old, the authorities petitioned the Courts to place four boys in the feared Industrial school at Letterfrack,

Peter entered hell, suffered and witnessed the most appalling cruelty. He spent eight years there and upon release remained a short time in Ireland. At 19 he went to England and at 23 joined the British Army. He was taken prisoner 2/7

by the Germans WW2 and described the treatment as better than Letterfrack. On return to UK he wrote of the brutality of Letterfrack; few listened. He wrote to Senator Sheehy-Skeffington and others but his writings never made it to print 3/7

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May 5

1/4 I’ve heard hundreds of those stories, personal testimonies, stories of loss, of hope, of death and survival, Stories that ‘tumble out’ sometimes amid tears. We developed as survivors raised their voices, shared “I remember” ….

and their voices drift. The joy of sharing memories with another who likely had a similar experience. A family of ‘survivors’ educating us, reminding us “it must never happen again”. And still, 24,000 of those are deemed unworthy by State to any recognition or any redress.2/4

For State, it’s still about power, privilege, money, subjugation + walking away; for us it’s about gathering, encouraging discourse that stories naturally create. By contrast its not about money. But the annals of accountability start somewhere and State holds those cards. 3/4

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Breeda Murphy

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May 4

@HollyCairnsTD

1/6 Yesterday @HollyCairnsTD asked @rodericogorman about negotiations with Religious Orders to contribute to the Redress Scheme. The response is disappointing. It is now over two years since the Minister first wrote to the Orders and discussions are continuing he says with

the Government priority it appears at this point to pass Redress legislation. I don’t need to remind anyone that this legislation is divisive and discriminatory, decided upon by a select group of senior civil servants with no acknowledgement to survivor requests 2/6

@OakConsult

captured in state commissioned report by @OakConsult While redress admits to the exclusion of 24,000 living survivors it does not acknowledge experiences of children of mixed race who suffered racial discrimination and those who were technically in State care but 3/6

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Breeda Murphy

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May 3

1/4 The Illegitimate Children {Affiliation Orders) Bill 1929 was passed by both houses of the Oireachtas on the 11th June 1930. Definition reads “An Act to make provision for the father of an illegitimate child of the

Obliging respect of such child and for the enforcement of such obligation”. Item 35 reads “ No Justice of the District Court shall be satisfied that a person is the putative father of an illegitimate child without hearing evidence of the mother of such child 2/4

And also evidence corroborative in some material particular or particulars of the evidence of the mother”. I know of one local case which did not pass this test despite evidence produced and swearing by witnesses. Men held all power full stop! 3/4

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Breeda Murphy

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May 3

@RTE_PrimeTime

You never think you’re going to be part of a minority
And one that “doesn’t matter”
I found it hard to watch @RTE_PrimeTime last night
And see that despite having two Ministers @rodericogorman and @AnneRabbitte neither were available to comment. 1/6

In census 643,131 of us ticked the box that defined us as (Dis)abled. We still have abilities but our disability is often noticed first and we are expected to behave a certain way. The charitable model of disability has not gone away. 2/6

@RTE_PrimeTime

The four people who explained challenges to everyday living did so brilliantly on @RTE_PrimeTime They can reach their potential but it demands respect from @fiannafailparty @FineGael @TheGreenParty who hold power over us.3/6

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Breeda Murphy

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May 2

1/5 During test excavation carried out within the Memorial Garden of the Tuam home by Dr McCullough in 2016-2017 together with bone fragments the following items were found. A blue shoe estimated to fit a child under six years

And an empty Castrol GTX bottle sold in UK and Ireland after 1968. The home closed in 1961 so this find is evidence that the site was somewhat accessible. In 1975 while playing in the area as youngsters, Barry Sweeney and Frankie Hopkins moved a slab to reveal bones 2/5

They returned a few days later it was still open. A Priest was called and the area was covered over. Around the same time a new resident in a house adjoining the site, Mary Moriarty saw a child playing with a skull. She asked where he found it and he showed her and as 3/5

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