‘Another institutional abuse’: UK survivor of Irish mother and baby home can’t afford to accept compensation

Rosemary Adaser, 70, would lose £1,000 a month in benefits, while her twin brother in Ireland got full amount with no penalty

A twin sister and brother were separated from their parents in Ireland’s mother and baby home scandal – but only one of them can be compensated without being penalised.

Rosemary Adaser, 70, of Ealing, west London, was among https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/08/survivors-of-irelands-mother-and-baby-homes-face-benefit-cuts-in-uk-after-accepting-compensation?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other">tens of thousands of children placed in abusive institutions for being born out of marriage in Ireland.