{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67c5d757b48a8f157c1f9076/6994441686ac45e7f863cdc4?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Judge finds Minister Was Wrong in Not Adding Two Homes to Mother & Baby Home Redress Scheme - 17/02/2026","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/67c5d757b48a8f157c1f9076/1771321835399-620a55cb-44eb-4a3e-b86b-4f19faa1a81c.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>A judge in the case of two survivors who were excluded from the mother and baby home redress scheme has delivered a landmark ruling that the children’s minister was wrong in not considering adding two homes to the compensation deal.</p><p><br></p><p>John Duncan Morris, who was in Stamullen in Co Meath, had taken the High Court action over being excluded from the redress scheme.</p><p><br></p><p>They are two of an estimated 19,000 survivors excluded from the payment scheme, including those who spent less than six months in homes as well as those who were boarded out.</p><p><br></p><p>We were joined on The Agenda this morning by John Duncan Morris.</p><p><br></p><p>We also spoke to Alison O'Reilly from The Irish Examiner who has been following this story from the beginning. </p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"lmfm "}