Mike Milotte

Banished Babies (eBook, ePUB)

The Secret Story of Ireland's Baby Export Business

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Mike Milotte's damning exposé of Church-State collusion in banishing thousands of vulnerable 'illegitimate' children from Ireland in the 1950s and 60s was first published to critical acclaim in 1997, and quickly achieved iconic status. For this updated and expanded edition the author has added previously untold personal stories from some of the 'banished babies' he met in the intervening period - stories that further illuminate the murky shadows of this official, but long-concealed child-export business. This UPDATED AND EXPANDED edition also examines the Irish State's failure to fulfil promises - made in the wake of the book's first appearance - to adequately facilitate search and reunion among the 'banished babies' and their natural parents. "This book would make your blood boil... one of the finest pieces of journalism this reader has come across for many a day. The author, Mike Milotte, has done his profession proud." -The Irish Times

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: New Island
• Seitenzahl: 267
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781848403727
• Artikelnr.: 40632187

Autorenporträt

Mike Milotte is a prominent print and television journalist. After almost 20 years as a senior reporter/presenter with Irish Television's Prime Time programme, where he won numerous awards for his documentaries, Mike went freelance in 2009. His two-part programme, Freefall, which tells the story of Ireland's economic and financial collapse, won the 2010 Irish Film & Television Award for best documentary in current affairs. In 2012 he published a greatly expanded and updated version of his bestselling 1997 book, Banished Babies: The Secret History of Ireland's Baby Export Business, which meticulously exposes the scandal surrounding the dispatch of thousands of 'illegitimate' Irish children to the USA for adoption. Mike lives in London.