{"id":76119,"date":"2021-01-15T14:22:38","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T14:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.140.144.153\/2021\/01\/15\/a-nations-shame-irelands-report-on-mother-and-baby-homes\/"},"modified":"2021-01-15T14:22:38","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T14:22:38","slug":"a-nations-shame-irelands-report-on-mother-and-baby-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/a-nations-shame-irelands-report-on-mother-and-baby-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;A nation&#8217;s shame&#8217;: Ireland&#8217;s report on mother and baby homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dailymotion-responsive-container\" style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%;\"><div class=\"dailymotion-player\"><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/x1ee8e.js\" data-video=\"k79105ttOs0F1EwAdFr\"><\/script><\/div><br><br><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Irish papers react to a much-awaited report on systemic abuse in the country&#8217;s Catholic homes for unwed mothers. The Irish Examiner&#8217;s front page lists the names and birthdays of some of the 9,000 children who died in the institutions between 1922 and 1998. We also look at reactions in India to the Supreme Court&#8217;s suspension of controversial farming laws. Plus: &#8220;Sex and the City&#8221; fans struggle to imagine a reboot without Samantha and a woman in France struggles to convince authorities she&#8217;s still alive!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_gam_disable_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1076,1539],"tags":[33267,4099],"class_list":["post-76119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-world","tag-baby-homes","tag-ireland","post_format-post-format-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&#039;A nation&#039;s shame&#039;: Ireland&#039;s report on mother and baby homes - GuardianTV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/a-nations-shame-irelands-report-on-mother-and-baby-homes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&#039;A nation&#039;s shame&#039;: Ireland&#039;s report on mother and baby homes - GuardianTV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Irish papers react to a much-awaited report on systemic abuse in the country&#039;s Catholic homes for unwed mothers. The Irish Examiner&#039;s front page lists the names and birthdays of some of the 9,000 children who died in the institutions between 1922 and 1998. We also look at reactions in India to the Supreme Court&#039;s suspension of controversial farming laws. Plus: &quot;Sex and the City&quot; fans struggle to imagine a reboot without Samantha and a woman in France struggles to convince authorities she&#039;s still alive!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/a-nations-shame-irelands-report-on-mother-and-baby-homes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"GuardianTV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-01-15T14:22:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/tv.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/IR-4.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"284\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"177\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Abiodun Ogundairo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Abiodun Ogundairo\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/a-nations-shame-irelands-report-on-mother-and-baby-homes\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/a-nations-shame-irelands-report-on-mother-and-baby-homes\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Abiodun Ogundairo\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1\"},\"headline\":\"&#8216;A nation&#8217;s shame&#8217;: Ireland&#8217;s report on mother and baby homes\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-15T14:22:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/a-nations-shame-irelands-report-on-mother-and-baby-homes\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":20,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/a-nations-shame-irelands-report-on-mother-and-baby-homes\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/IR-4.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"baby homes\",\"Ireland\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\",\"World\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/a-nations-shame-irelands-report-on-mother-and-baby-homes\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/a-nations-shame-irelands-report-on-mother-and-baby-homes\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/a-nations-shame-irelands-report-on-mother-and-baby-homes\\\/\",\"name\":\"'A nation's shame': Ireland's report on mother and baby homes - GuardianTV\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/a-nations-shame-irelands-report-on-mother-and-baby-homes\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/a-nations-shame-irelands-report-on-mother-and-baby-homes\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/IR-4.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-15T14:22:38+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/a-nations-shame-irelands-report-on-mother-and-baby-homes\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/a-nations-shame-irelands-report-on-mother-and-baby-homes\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/a-nations-shame-irelands-report-on-mother-and-baby-homes\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/IR-4.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/IR-4.jpg\",\"width\":284,\"height\":177},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/a-nations-shame-irelands-report-on-mother-and-baby-homes\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"&#8216;A nation&#8217;s shame&#8217;: Ireland&#8217;s report on mother and baby homes\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/\",\"name\":\"GuardianTV\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"GuardianTV\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"GuardianTV\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1\",\"name\":\"Abiodun Ogundairo\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/author\\\/abiodun\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"'A nation's shame': Ireland's report on mother and baby homes - GuardianTV","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/a-nations-shame-irelands-report-on-mother-and-baby-homes\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"'A nation's shame': Ireland's report on mother and baby homes - GuardianTV","og_description":"Irish papers react to a much-awaited report on systemic abuse in the country's Catholic homes for unwed mothers. The Irish Examiner's front page lists the names and birthdays of some of the 9,000 children who died in the institutions between 1922 and 1998. We also look at reactions in India to the Supreme Court's suspension of controversial farming laws. Plus: \"Sex and the City\" fans struggle to imagine a reboot without Samantha and a woman in France struggles to convince authorities she's still alive!","og_url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/a-nations-shame-irelands-report-on-mother-and-baby-homes\/","og_site_name":"GuardianTV","article_published_time":"2021-01-15T14:22:38+00:00","og_image":[{"width":284,"height":177,"url":"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/tv.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/IR-4.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Abiodun Ogundairo","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Abiodun Ogundairo"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/a-nations-shame-irelands-report-on-mother-and-baby-homes\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/a-nations-shame-irelands-report-on-mother-and-baby-homes\/"},"author":{"name":"Abiodun Ogundairo","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/person\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1"},"headline":"&#8216;A nation&#8217;s shame&#8217;: Ireland&#8217;s report on mother and baby homes","datePublished":"2021-01-15T14:22:38+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/a-nations-shame-irelands-report-on-mother-and-baby-homes\/"},"wordCount":20,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/a-nations-shame-irelands-report-on-mother-and-baby-homes\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/IR-4.jpg","keywords":["baby homes","Ireland"],"articleSection":["News","World"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/a-nations-shame-irelands-report-on-mother-and-baby-homes\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/a-nations-shame-irelands-report-on-mother-and-baby-homes\/","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/a-nations-shame-irelands-report-on-mother-and-baby-homes\/","name":"'A nation's shame': Ireland's report on mother and baby homes - GuardianTV","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/a-nations-shame-irelands-report-on-mother-and-baby-homes\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/a-nations-shame-irelands-report-on-mother-and-baby-homes\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/IR-4.jpg","datePublished":"2021-01-15T14:22:38+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/a-nations-shame-irelands-report-on-mother-and-baby-homes\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/a-nations-shame-irelands-report-on-mother-and-baby-homes\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/a-nations-shame-irelands-report-on-mother-and-baby-homes\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/IR-4.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/IR-4.jpg","width":284,"height":177},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/a-nations-shame-irelands-report-on-mother-and-baby-homes\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"&#8216;A nation&#8217;s shame&#8217;: Ireland&#8217;s report on mother and baby homes"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#website","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/","name":"GuardianTV","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#organization","name":"GuardianTV","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2026\/09\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2026\/09\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png","width":600,"height":96,"caption":"GuardianTV"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/person\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1","name":"Abiodun Ogundairo","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/author\/abiodun\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}