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Joint Committee On Health: Dual Diagnosis and Mental Health: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Mark Ward: ...trauma. I attended a meeting a while ago at which the intergenerational trauma of people who start to use substances in order to cope with the parental trauma that came down from the industrial schools, the Magdalen laundries and the mother and baby homes was discussed. I am from a disadvantaged community. There is the trauma of disadvantaged communities and the trauma of poverty....

Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use: Motion (21 Feb 2023)

Mark Ward: ...Unfortunately, many of our young people ended up in addiction over the years. It began as way to escape poverty and trauma, sometimes to escape the multigenerational trauma of industrial schools, Magdalen laundries, and mother and baby homes. Drugs give people the ability to self-soothe and to give calm to an anxious inner world. They work until they stop working, and then the problems...

Farrelly Commission of Investigation Substantive Interim Reports: Statements (11 Nov 2021)

Mark Ward: ...those affected by mother and baby homes and the real-life stories of those who have been impacted by forced adoptions. I am also very aware of the enduring pain inflicted on women and children in Magdalen laundries and industrial schools. The list goes on; I could mention other examples. As a society, we must not forget our past but must learn from it. We must make amends to the...