At least 10 babies were sent across the border from Northern Ireland to Kimberly Home in Greystones, which later became the Westbank Orphanage. This is according to a report published last week investigating mother and baby homes in Northern Ireland between 1930 and 1990. The researchers say there are question marks about the legality of the adoptions of hundreds of babies born in Northern Ireland and then sent across the border to the Republic. The researchers say at least 551 babies born in mother and baby homes in Northern Ireland were moved to homes across the border. The researchers say 'a significant number' of those babies were later adopted by families in the Republic of Ireland, other parts of the UK, or the USA.

Source: Irish Independent February 06, 2021 02:48 UTC