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Alan LaCasse@AMLaCassePhoto·1d

My hands are shaking so badly I can barely type and can't see the keys with the tears. Someone who wishes to remain unknown has bought a laptop for me to edit my photos. It arrived yesterday but my son just dropped it in when he was dropping his gf to work.

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TeenyTimbre@Timbre_Breda·2d

🧵1/4 Yesterday marked 1 of my 6 #Miscarriages 2 of my miscarriages had no medical intervention. Physically there was no reason for my miscarriages. Research concludes that survivors of #ChildSexualAbuse are 3 times more likely to have multiple miscarriages.

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Breeda Murphy@breeda_murphy·5d

1/12. I began researching Irish emigration to UK as a post grad of @uniofgalway in 2009. It was then the scandal of the architecture of containment became obvious to me. @danielmloftus has made it easier for me to tell their stories. Not alone has he documented the lost

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UPDATE: The individual in the video has now acknowledged and clarified the work of Project Infant in the creation of the boards and lists of names.

I don’t intend to create squabbles but I can’t let the work of my volunteers at @Project_Infant not be highlighted. Only for them would those boards (and extra 74 names) have been found and created. Please give credit where credit is due. Video: Corruption Awareness Ireland

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TeenyTimbre@Timbre_Breda·5d

Happy #MothersDay to those who had to fight against the odds & raise themselves, you did an amazing job! You broke that vicious cycle you grew up in, celebrate ‘You’ today

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TeenyTimbre@Timbre_Breda·6d

It is despicable to take the credit for the work of the volunteers. Those volunteers diligently trawled through the records to create the boards with the names of the #Bessboro missing babies. Credit to @danielmloftus & @Project_Infant

I don’t intend to create squabbles but I can’t let the work of my volunteers at @Project_Infant not be highlighted. Only for them would those boards (and extra 74 names) have been found and created. Please give credit where credit is due. Video: Corruption Awareness Ireland

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I don’t intend to create squabbles but I can’t let the work of my volunteers at @Project_Infant not be highlighted. Only for them would those boards (and extra 74 names) have been found and created. Please give credit where credit is due. Video: Corruption Awareness Ireland

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Breeda Murphy@breeda_murphy·6d

Below the experience of one survivor of #MotherAndBabyHome who does NOT qualify for redress but is entitled to tracing service under #BirthInfoTracingAct - read of errors made by @tusla + her own success in locating siblings. @MichealMartinTD @NormaFoleyTD1 👏@danielmloftus

TeenyTimbre@Timbre_Breda

🧵1/5 My experience of the @tusla tracing service for #adoptees has been an absolute farce. I got my redacted #birthinfo, appealed it & got 5 extra pages, still heavily redacted 🙄 I got a phonecall from Tusla saying I was on the #DNA expert waiting list.

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@Timbre_Breda @threadreaderapp please unroll

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TeenyTimbre@Timbre_Breda·6d

🧵1/5 My experience of the @tusla tracing service for #adoptees has been an absolute farce. I got my redacted #birthinfo, appealed it & got 5 extra pages, still heavily redacted 🙄 I got a phonecall from Tusla saying I was on the #DNA expert waiting list.

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@Timbre_Breda Thank you, Breda… ❤️

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TeenyTimbre@Timbre_Breda·6d

4/5 I found my half sister through #DNA, through her I found another half sister. Another 2 half siblings were found by @danielmloftus, he did the work that @tusla refuse to do. Not everyone has a genealogist friend, I am so lucky to have him.

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TeenyTimbre@Timbre_Breda·6d

5/5 The #TracingService needs to be removed from the remit of @tusla, they are ill equipped to do any tracing service, their lack of expertise is unacceptable & denies those who are entitled to trace birth families a service that delivers @DeptCDE

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TeenyTimbre@Timbre_Breda·6d

3/5 Met the case worker, she was clueless in #DNA & tracing. Case worker contacted the WRONG family, made repeated phone calls to a man that wasn’t related to me. @tusla closed my tracing case citing ‘no more we can do to trace you’re birth fathers family’!

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TeenyTimbre@Timbre_Breda·6d

2/5 Roll on a few months & I receive another call from @Tusla, the #DNA expert is no longer an option, objections from the #AAI to the use of a #DNA expert had resulted in the termination of the expert’s contract! Another wait for a case worker….

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Having worked with Breda through every stage of this, it’s been very eye opening to see how much this form of ‘redress’ falls short of what survivors of #MotherandBabyHomes are entitled to. It needs reform. ⬇️

TeenyTimbre@Timbre_Breda

🧵1/5 My experience of the @tusla tracing service for #adoptees has been an absolute farce. I got my redacted #birthinfo, appealed it & got 5 extra pages, still heavily redacted 🙄 I got a phonecall from Tusla saying I was on the #DNA expert waiting list.

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TeenyTimbre@Timbre_Breda·12 Mar

Please donate if you can. Alan has been so supportive of so many of us here, a kind comment, words of support & encouragement. He truly is 1 of #IrishTwitters finest. Let’s help to at least ease the financial burden for him & his family

As if all the well wishes, words of support weren't enough. A fundraiser has been set up to assist my family with all the additional expenses my diagnosis has imposed on the family. We are so grateful for your friendship and encouragement. #cancer idonate.ie/crowdfunder/he…

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TeenyTimbre@Timbre_Breda·12 Mar

Can anyone help me get an extremely fragile parcel from Cork to @AMLaCassePhoto in Tullamore? I’m not risking it being smashed to smithereens by a courier 🚚 #IrishTwitter

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Daniel Loftus is working on #ProjectInfant. 🌳🔎@danielmloftus·10 Mar

@Timbre_Breda @breeda_murphy Oh, very much so! 🤭🤣

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TeenyTimbre@Timbre_Breda·10 Mar

@breeda_murphy It’ll be like winning the lotto to you & @danielmloftus 😂

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Breeda Murphy@breeda_murphy·10 Mar

Countdown to Census 1926 publication Mark your Diaries  The First #Census of the #IrishFreeState will be published online on 18 April 2026. I can’t wait !

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And we’ve got 39 days to go now!

Countdown to Census 1926 publication Mark your Diaries  The First #Census of the #IrishFreeState will be published online on 18 April 2026. I can’t wait !

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