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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Chris Osuh

‘Another institutional abuse’: UK survivor of Irish mother and baby home can’t afford to accept compensation

Rosemary Adaser
Rosemary Adaser was separated from her brother aged six and sent to institutions in Dublin and Kilkenny. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian

A twin sister and brother were separated from their parents in Ireland’s mother and baby home scandal – but only one of them can be compensated without being penalised.

Rosemary Adaser, 70, of Ealing, west London, was among tens of thousands of children placed in abusive institutions for being born out of marriage in Ireland.

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