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[–] 4 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Ireland is pretty chill for the most part. Definitely not perfect though.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah, the catholic church shares blame for that but the state was absolutely complicit

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    I'd argue that the fledgling state didn't have much of a choice but to effectively outsource all civil services to the catholic church, considering that they couldn't afford running it themselves.

    Their only fault on their part is how it was allowed to stay that way.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    But why would the state need to forcibly send unwed mothers to give birth at these sites and then in some cases involuntarily adopt out the children? None of that was necessary even if they couldn’t afford a state run system.

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