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Irish Examiner
11 hours ago
- General
- Irish Examiner
Expensively done up in 2007, classic No 29 Richmond remains a sign of the times, then, and now
A 'NO expense spared' deep retrofit, and polished reordering, was done to No 29 Richmond, a discretely hidden bungalow between Cork City's Blackrock Road and the Boreenmanna Road. That was back in 2007, at a time when the property market was at its zenith, and builders felt free to charge as much as they liked … a bit like now?? Timeless 29 is listed with Cohalan Downing's MD Brian Olden Now a superbly finished three-bedroomed dormer, on a screened, low-maintenance corner site within the 1960s estate of detacheds and semi-detacheds of some design aplomb, with partial cedar cladding, brick and reconstituted stone and latter-day earned charm, No 29 Richmond was taken by the scruff of the neck before 2007 by the late Kate and Tom Burke, who at the time were planning a downsize move from a large, detached period home called Parkhurst on the Victoria Road. First appearances deceive... Built for a city solicitor Barry Galvin way back in 1890, on extensive gardens and the only detached along Cork's Victoria Road, Parkhurst sold at the time for the Burkes for €2.5m: it was described in these property pages as 'a museum piece.' Some of the leftover 'museum quality' pieces have ended up happily here at 29 Richmond, itself some 70 years Parkhurst's junior, along with a range of feature stained glass panels, and magnificent Georgian and Victorian furniture. Glass act It was a classic downsize or rightsize move for Kay (nee Lyons, a retired physiotherapist) and Tom Burke: he'd been a general surgeon in Cork hospitals, such as the Bon Secours and South Infirmary: he also operated, literally as well as figuratively, at the army's Collins Barracks, where he railed against forced army marches (and, marathon running) due to the number of knee surgeries he was had to do, recalls his brother in law, Diarmuid Lyons. No 29 Richmond is now an executor sale, following Kay Burke's demise in January after a period in a nursing home in Kinsale; she was predeceased by her husband Tom, who died aged 95 in 2013. Easy-keep grounds perfect for downsizers The couple's pristine, lightly lived in, and proudly maintained home at 29 is listed this weekend with agent Brian Olden of Cohalan Downing, who says it is elegant, in one of Cork's most desirable suburban enclaves, and was extensively upgraded almost 20 years ago, to a very high standard throughout, from the roof, down to the floors and out to deliberately planted low-maintenance gardens, full of colourful trees and shrubs and birdlife. Mr Olden can expect downsizer/rightsizer interest from the get-go, but it may also suit a single person, a couple or relocators to Cork: less likely is a younger family. A lot rides on the current layout now with the very best of the three bedrooms downstairs, with walk-in dressing area, plus separate en suite bathroom with shower, and quality throughout, including granite tops to the bathrooms' vanity units. En suite ground floor bedroom with robes/dressing area off All internal joinery is quality hardwood, with stained glass panels inside a number of doors, both internally, in the main front door and side panels, with more coloured glass sections in the bright and warm south-aspected sunroom, utterly private. A carpeted stairs, with hardwood rails, leads to two plushly carpeted attic-style dormer bedrooms with eaves storage plus bathroom with shower/bath and heated towel rail, the latter a feature in the en suite's bathroom also, both also fully tiled in neutral shades. Dormer vous? The hardwood joinery, stained glass, matched with gleaming mahogany Georgian and Victorian furniture, stunning fireplace, black kitchen Aga, displayed books and bookcases, art, sculpture and fine prints and 19th century silhouettes givesNo 29 the air of an older era home, but the comfort factor of modern and efficient central heating, high insulation standards, double glazing, new floors indicates otherwise. As does a B3 energy rating. Aga can? Kitchen with Aga, painted units, hardwood tops and overhead rooflights No 29 has a bright kitchen, with painted units topped with oiled hardwood tops, Aga, and marble-tiled floor, with two overhead rooflights, with access to a patio, hall, and to a dining nook linked to the main reception room, with its end wall surrounding the fireplace and hearth in a crimson red hue. Elegance... Overall, there's just about 1,750 sq ft here, all spotless and well detailed, so it's not overly large and if bought by a single buyer or a couple, they could quite happily only live downstairs, apartment style, and keep the first floor for guests/family member visits. Richmond, which connects to the Clanrickarde estate by the Boreenmanna Road, has long been associated with Cork builder Barry Burke, whose family sold 4.82 acres alongside back in peak times of 2007 to O'Flynn Construction, for a €15.8m — some €3.25m/ acre for the site now fully developed as Belfield Abbey: it's a price per acre not seen since 'the boom'.... Richmond Estate Other and older homes in adjacent Richmond show a variety of life stage owner-occupiers, from older long-time residents to more recent arrivals with some considerable extensions on both bungalows and semis. One, No 30, sold nearly 20 years ago on a far larger quarter acre site (for a reported €730,000, 50% over its guide: how very 2025), was demolished and replaced with a very large two-storey detached home. Back in January 2007, we noted here that No 29 Richmond had sold for c€575,000 figure as 'a three-bed home in need of upgrading, it had been price-guided at €485,000-plus in late 2005, when it hit the market. It now is being significantly upgraded.' And so it came to pass. It's reckoned that on top of the c €585k purchase price back almost 20 years ago, a further €400,000/500,000 was then invested in it — again, shades of 2025 costs — so it stood the Burkes €1m, or perhaps just over it, to get it to a perfect fit for their advancing years. Parkhurst, Victoria Road, in 2007. Pic: Denis Scannell Their subsequent strong €2.5m sale of their long-time previous Victorian home Parkhurst in 2007 must have taken the sting out of those costs for the Burkes. And,as for the buyers who paid them so handsomely? Well they are getting much of their outlay back out of it this year as they are selling a 0.85 acre plot with full planning for nine new builds behind the original (and also upgraded) Victoria Road detached Parkhurst for over its €1.55m AMV. VERDICT: For mostly coincidental reasons, No 29 Richmond itself aligns with a number of signature and landmark mid- 2000s Cork City property market moves: what will its sale now tell us in years to come, about the 2025 market?
Irish Examiner
6 days ago
- General
- Irish Examiner
'Will we find them all?' Families prepare for excavation at Tuam mother and baby home
They have waited 11 years and one month for someone to finally break open the ground at the Tuam burial site and uncover the answers to what really happened to their loved ones. When the news emerged in 2014 that 796 children had died in the Tuam mother and baby home between 1925 and 1961, families, survivors, and the public were angry and upset. But when further news emerged about how these remains had been callously dumped in a disused septic tank on the grounds of the home, the whole world was rightly shocked. The Bon Secours nuns who ran the home on behalf of Galway County Council also owned the privately run Grove hospital nearby. When the nuns sold their land in their early 2000s, they exhumed their colleagues who died and were buried at the Grove hospital and reinterred them at Knock cemetery, but left the remains of hundreds of children behind. At first the nuns claimed they were 'shocked and saddened' over the discovery of the mass grave in the septic tank, but Anna Corrigan, whose two brothers died in Tuam, was one of those to quickly challenge the nuns' denial, stating they knew about the existence of the children's grave. As proof, she points to a letter written to her in 2013, where the nuns advised her to make inquiries about her brothers' grave 'at the back of the former Tuam home'. Historian Catherine Corless at the Tuam mother and baby home. Picture: Andy Newman. When news of the mass grave made international headlines the following year, historian Catherine Corless, whose painstaking research made the discovery possible, together with survivors and their families, believed the next step would be to excavate the site and start the long process of identifying the individual children. However, the whole process became mired in a complex series of issues to do with legislation, practicalities, specialised skills, and a five-year commission of inquiry, which cost the State millions. All the while, the remains of the children remained lying in a septic tank. Legislation was thrashed out in the Dáil and the Institutional Burials Bill 2022 was finally passed allowing for the recovery and identification of the children and an appropriate reinternment. Now, as the date for the first ever mass exhumation of the Tuam Babies burial site approaches, a number of relatives of the children buried there have spoken to the Irish Examiner about what will be an extremely emotional process. Anna Corrigan, aged 70, Dublin In 2012, Anna Corrigan made the shocking discovery that she was not an only child, but instead was the youngest of three. As a child, she vaguely remembered someone arguing with her late mother Bridget Dolan about her 'two sons', and during a visit to the origins department of Barnardos years later — where she was tracing her late father William Dolan's life in an industrial school — she happened to mention this story. A few weeks later, as Christmas drew close, the researcher in Barnardos called Anna and asked her to come into its offices in Dublin. 'I told her 'no',' said Anna. 'I'm a grown woman, a grandmother, just say it over the phone, I told her. 'She was reluctant as this wasn't her preferred option, but when I pressed her, she said, 'Your mother did have two baby boys.' 'My legs nearly went out from under me,' Anna said. 'She explained there were two birth certificates for John and William Dolan, but only one death certificate and that was for John. The research showed Bridget Dolan, from Clonfert, Co Galway, who grew up in a large family on a farm, was an unmarried mother. Anna Corrigan, campaigner and spokesperson for the Tuam Babies Family Group with a photograph of her mother, Bridget, holding her as a young girl. Picture: Moya Nolan She fell pregnant twice, in 1946 and 1950, and was sent to the mother and baby home in Tuam. According to their official birth certificates, Bridget's first son, John Desmond Dolan, was born on February 22, 1946. An inspection report described him as "emaciated" and "mentally defective" and he died on June 11, 1947, from measles. Her second, William Joseph Dolan, was born on May 21, 1950, and is marked as having died on February 3, 1951, but there is no death certificate on record. 'I will never forget learning this news,' Anna said. 'My whole life as I knew it, was not really the way it was. There were secrets, and my mother never said it to me ever. "I think she did that because it was too big to deal with, and maybe her way of coping. I'd like to think she shared it with my dad.' Anna told her mother's story in the original expose of the Tuam babies' burial scandal on May 25, 2014, when Corless's research was published and made international headlines. She chose to share her mother's story anonymously at first, but has since become an avid campaigner for truth and justice and set up the Tuam Babies Family Group. 'We have 11 members with families in the pit,' she said. 'I was never part of the commission, instead I reported my brothers missing to the gardaí and have no update. "I can't say they are dead. John has a death cert, and William is marked as dead in the nuns' ledgers but has no official certification. "Both children were baptised also. 'Is that a mistake in the nuns bookkeeping or he alive? I know my mother told a relative she had a son adopted to America and never left her Dublin tenant flat in the city centre in case he ever came back. Having been front and centre alongside Corless in the fight to have the burial site Tuam excavated, Anna said she is 'delighted to see it starting'. 'There has been so much heartache in between, obstruction by the State, obfuscation, and delays,' she said. 'I don't know how far this is going to take us, what are we going to find. "If remains are found, will the exhumation be halted and then we wait years for the next part of the section to start? 'Will we find them all? Will we find my brothers? I am holding my breath. "I've done my DNA tests, I hope I'll be matched to my brothers and can have some closure, but I have to wait. I always wanted the children out of that site, no matter what, they couldn't possibly be resting in peace lying in a septic tank, and we, the families, have a say in where they are reinterred. 'I also believe there should be a criminal inquiry, but what are the plans for after the children are found? "Will anyone ever be held responsible for this atrocity? Knowing this State, not a hope.' Annette McKay, 71, Greater Manchester No one knew that Margaret 'Maggie' O'Connor had given birth to a 'bonnie' baby girl when she was a teenager in the Tuam Mother and Baby Home after she had been raped in an industrial school. However, at a family gathering shortly after the birth of her great-grandchild, Maggie, broke down and her daughter, Annette McKay, refused to let her mother suffer in silence. She pressed her mother until she revealed the heartbreaking secret she had kept for five decades. ''It's the little baby,' she whispered. 'My daughter'... and it went from there." Maggie, who was known as 'one of the best-dressed women in Galway', had suffered all her life over her broken childhood which saw her raised in Lenaboy Industrial School and later locked up in the Tuam mother and baby home. 'This was all something none of us knew about,' said Annette. 'She was so upset around my grandchild that I got in the car and drove back to her house that night until she told me her secret. 'When the baby died, the nuns threw her out of the home she said, they told her 'The child of your sin is dead, you can go'. 'Imagine that? She was helpless. Mum said the baby was beautiful and described her as a bonnie baby whom she carried around on her hip. 'Mum left Ireland and never went back, she was a broken woman who suffered psychiatric problems for years, she was on medication and had broken marriages. It all added up.' Annette McKay said her mother was 'a broken woman'. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins Baby Mary Margaret was seven weeks old when she died from whooping cough on June 9, 1943. In her later years, Maggie suffered with dementia and died on April 8, 2016. Annette has fought for the truth about what happened to her sister who is named on the children's death register in Tuam. She is a member of the advisory committee to the director of the intervention and is preparing for the exhumation, promised to take place in June — and hoping all of the children will be found. 'It's the euphoria that it is actually happening after all this time,' she explained. 'It is also not wanting to get your hopes up that there is going to be some sort of satisfactory outcome to it. 'Being on the advisory board, I do know how difficult and complicated it's going to be. 'I'd like to feel realistic about the possibilities, but I am also dreading going back to that site to see it again, because now its real, it's concrete, the work of trying to get something done is different to all those dark secrets that might finally be exposed. 'What will be the truth of what is actually there, will we really get answers?' Annette recalled visiting the site in 2014 when news of the mass grave first emerged. 'It was raining and dreary and we stood on the site with my cousin,' she explained. 'My cousin said, 'You do know there are unburied babies underneath our feet?' 'It is like the day of the vigil and reading the babies' names, we put our cameras down, because suddenly you could feel the power of the place, saying those names out loud. 'When you read their names and their ages — there's hundreds and hundreds of dead children and nobody can explain why. I am glad on the one hand this has happened, and I've longed to see the end of that place. 'But it is also the banality of evil, in one side of that site is what we know to be the Tuam grave, but then there's a playground beside it. Everything that is normal but abnormal. There are happy children in the playground, but they are living in a place where there are dead children under their feet. She said all she can hope for is that 'all of the children will be found and accounted for'. 'I just hope at the end of it we don't come to a place where there are still so many missing. 'What will Tuam reveal? What will it really tell us? "Those babies will never be here again, they are short, miserable lives, and we owe it to them to give them some dignity.' Chrissie Tully, 94, Loughrea, Co Galway Chrissie Tully sat on her small velvet-covered orange sofa in the living room at the front of her home as two forensic specialists swabbed the inside of her mouth. As the only known surviving mother of the Tuam home, she has lived the past 76 years of her life with two heartbreaking scenarios. Her baby boy Michael arrived into the world on December 13, 1949, but died and lies buried somewhere in the Tuam grave, or he was adopted and is alive somewhere, possibly in the US, and unaware of his origins. 'I just remember the pain when I went into labour,' Chrissie said. 'I was in the Tuam home. I had this unmerciful pain, and the nuns said they would have to get me into the hospital in Galway.' The then 18-year-old was rushed to Galway Central Hospital where her baby boy was delivered. 'That's all I know is that he was a boy,' she said. 'I never saw his face and they said he was upside down in the womb. 'They went off with him and came back and said, 'the child died'. I didn't even get a cup of tea. I had nothing. 'I went back to living my life as a domestic, a priest gave me a job.' In 1955, Chrissie discovered she was pregnant again, with her partner who was 'not the marrying type'. 'He went off to England, he didn't have any children as far as I know. Then one day two gardaí came and brought Chrissie to the station in Loughrea. 'There was an old judge there and he said, 'If you don't tell us who the father of your children is we will put you in jail.' Chrissie laughed because 'laughing is all I can do now, if you can't laugh you would die. Chrissie Tully, from Loughrea, with her son Patrick Naughton. Picture: Hany Marzouk 'I told him, 'Go ahead so'. I wasn't afraid of him, sure I'd have nothing to lose; I was already the talk of the town. 'I went back to Tuam, my mother never sent me anything in case the women in the post office would read the address on the parcel. I never got any visitors or presents or letters." Recently, through the generosity of strangers, Chrissie raised €72,000 to buy her council home in case Michael is alive. 'I can't say what happened to him I can't find where he was buried, and we did look everywhere.' There is one record that states 'return to the Tuam home' and that one sentence haunts Chrissie. 'I have been sick a lot lately, the idea he is in that pit. I don't think I could face that,' she said. 'It hurts so much. I went to Tuam two years ago and one woman looked at me and said, 'I can't find my baby' and I wanted to run away. 'I pray for him every night. To think he might be in a hole in a pipe somewhere. If he is found he will be buried with me. "But nobody can tell me anything, and that is why I want to leave this home for him. There is also the idea he is alive — you can't trust the nuns.' Thomas Garavan, 64, Co Mayo Professor Thomas Garavan has been unable to find burial details for his nine-month-old aunt Teresa Angela Daly who died in Tuam in 1936 as — on her death certificate, she appears as Angela Daly. His mother, Margaret Daly, nee Garavan, aged 93, is now in a nursing home with dementia and is non-verbal. 'I'm acting for my mother now; I am her legal representative,' he said. 'Nobody ever knew about my mother's sister until we got the records. 'Nobody was told about her, or her death. "My grandparents John and Margaret Daly from Co Mayo were married with no fixed abode and fond of the drink, so the children went into Tuam — but were also separated. 'We got a death cert for Teresa but have never been able to find where she is buried, and she died of meningitis. There are no records that show my grandparents were ever told about her death. 'She went in at nine months old as a healthy baby, she was right in the middle of my mother and her sister, and then the three boys after her. 'We didn't know about her, nobody ever knew about her, my mother and aunts did not know.' Prof Thomas Garavan is 'sceptical about the Tuam exhumation, I wonder given what we know what actually they are going to find out'. Picture: Denis Minihane He said the forthcoming exhumation is difficult because his mother is without memory and will never know if her sister has been found. 'When my mother was well, we did our DNA tests, we have all taken part in that process, so that bit is out of the way, and that is great. 'But I can't tell my mother, she has no talk out of her at her at all, she is 92 and her sister 97 and both of them are in nursing homes." While the majority of the children who died in Tuam were born to unmarried mothers, Thomas' family was different. 'They were the children of a married couple who were unable to raise their children' he said. 'All seven were taken and put into Tuam but separated, they found each other with no help from the State. 'I am sceptical about the Tuam exhumation, I wonder given what we know what actually they are going to find out. 'What condition are the bones in? Is there any potential to extract DNA and is the science good? 'My mother is a full sibling, so there is a good chance of a match if my aunt is found. But I don't know. 'My aunt died in 1936, that is a long time ago, so anything is possible, but it leaves me with more questions. 'I would like to know what happened to her and where is she buried, I would have her reinterred with her mother in Mayo. She is buried alone, my grandfather died in 1942, and my grandmother never claimed him, and he was put into a pauper's grave. 'It really paints a picture of the sort of family they were, and my aunt did not deserve to die in Tuam, but all we can hope for is that all of the children are found.'
Yahoo
30-05-2025
- General
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Healthy start, healthy you – June classes and programs for your growing family
Prepared: A Maternity Tour is offered in person at 6 p.m. June 9 and 23 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Register online at Visit or call 864-560-BABY. OB hospital walking tours are offered at Bon Secours St. Francis Eastside. Day tours are at 10 and 11 a.m. and noon June 30, July 7, July 28 and Aug. 4. Evening tours are at 4, 5, 6 and 7 p.m. June 5, Aug. 7 and Aug. 28. Tours are free. Register online at or call 864-675-4400. Maternity Center tours are offered at 2 p.m. June 1, June 22 and July 20 at AnMed Medical Center. Tours are free. Register online at A virtual tour of Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital is available. Call 864-455-BABY (2229) or visit for more information. Prepared Parents: Childbirth is offered June 10, June 26, July 8 and July 24 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Visit or call 864-560-BABY to register. Childbirth Preparation is offered at Bon Secours St. Francis Eastside. A half-day class is 6 – 9 p.m. June 9, July 14 and Aug. 11. Register online at or call 864-675-4400. Childbirth Education Classes are offered in a three-session course July 9, 16 and 23 at the AnMed North Campus. Expectant mothers are encouraged to register for classes by their fifth month of pregnancy to secure preferred dates. The series should be completed four to six weeks before your due date. For details and registration, visit Prepared Childbirth Classes are offered online and in person from Prisma Health. For details and registration, visit A Breastfeeding Class is offered at 6 p.m. June 4 and Aug. 6 at Bon Secours St. Francis Eastside. Register online at or call 864-675-4400. Introduction to Breastfeeding is offered at 2 p.m. June 8 at the AnMed North Campus. The class is free. Dads or other support persons are welcome to attend with mom. For details and registration, visit Prepared Parents: Breastfeeding is offered in person June 17, July 15 and Aug. 19 and online June 18, July 16 and Aug. 20 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Visit or call 864-560-BABY to register. Nourish Integrative Lactation and Wellness offers programs in Greenville and Spartanburg. A free infant feeding and postpartum support group meets 10 a.m. – noon on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. For details, visit A Breastfeeding Class is offered at Prisma Health – Patewood and at the Prisma Health Greenville Memorial campus. For details and registration, visit Baby Basics is offered at 2 p.m. June 29 at the AnMed North Campus. The class is free. Gain the confidence you need to safely care for your new baby once you go home. For details and registration, visit Caring for Your Newborn is offered at 6:30 p.m. June 26, July 24 and Aug. 21 at Bon Secours St. Francis Eastside. Register online at or call 864-675-4400. Prepared Parents: Infant Care is offered from June 12, July 10 and Aug. 14 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Visit or call 864-560-BABY to register. Nurtured Beginnings, a therapeutic healing program for newly postpartum moms, is tailored for new moms struggling with postpartum distress (basically you don't feel the way you expected). This group offers six 90-minute sessions focused on your emotional well-being for the postpartum period and beyond. Led by an expert in perinatal mental health, each session provides a safe space for you to connect, learn, and thrive. Babies in arms are welcome. The program meets 9:30 – 11 a.m. Wednesdays, July 16 – Aug. 20 at 25 Woods Lake Road, Suite 402, Greenville. For cost, details and registration, visit Reproductive Journey Counseling & Support at New Mom School Greenville is open for registration and will begin programs in July. Programs focus on helping new mothers navigate postpartum challenges, offering practical guidance, emotional support, and a safe space for connection, covering essential topics from newborn care to maternal well-being, fostering a strong community of moms who feel empowered and supported. For details, visit Sibling Preparation is offered at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 23 at Bon Secours St. Francis Eastside. Prepare your child to be a big brother or big sister through a virtual tour, story time and activities. Children will learn the differences, abilities and needs of an infant so they can be the best helper. This special experience is for ages 3 – 8 with their parents. Register online at or call 864-675-4400. Navigating Motherhood, a free support group for new and expecting moms, is offered by Reproductive Journey Counseling and Support. The groups are free, but online registration is requested. Groups meet 10:30 a.m. – noon the first Monday of each month at Nourish Integrative Lactation and Wellness and 7 – 8:30 p.m. the third Thursday of each month at Reproductive Journey. These free gatherings are open to any mom with young children (infancy through preschool age) wanting to feel better, share experiences and connect with other moms. For details and registration, visit Safe Kids 101 for New and Expecting Parents is offered regularly by Safe Kids of the Piedmont and Spartanburg Medical Center. To register, visit Free Ultrasounds – The Diagnostic Medical Sonography program at Greenville Technical College offers free OB ultrasounds at its OB Ultrasound Clinic on the Barton Campus. Ultrasounds are performed by students under direct supervision. Live 4D scanning will be performed and 3D pictures will be provided to all patients. Scanning labs are for expectant mothers between 22 and 30 weeks gestational age at time of the appointment. For registration, details, and COVID protocols, call 864-250-8290. For more information, visit The Doula Group offers a variety of classes, including an Evidence Based Birth Childbirth Class), VBAC and Cesarean Support Circle, and a Group Spinning Babies Parent Class (class to help parents learn Spinning Babies techniques that will help their baby get into an optimal position for labor and birth). For details, visit Table for Two is offered from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Wednesdays in June at Spartanburg Medical Center. A certified lactation specialist facilitates an open, supportive forum to talk about the challenges and joys of breastfeeding. This is a casual gathering for breastfeeding moms and breastfeeding babies from birth – 6 months. Registration is required. For details, visit Getting Ready for Baby is offered at Prisma Health Patewood. For details and registration, visit Grandparent Preparation/ CPR is offered at 6 p.m. Aug. 27 at Bon Secours St. Francis Eastside. Learn what's new in pregnancy, birth and care. Help create healthy communication with the new family and learn the best way to protect your grandbaby's health/safety. This class also includes Family CPR. Register online at or call 864-675-4400. Infant Safety is offered at 6:30 p.m. July 31 and Aug. 28 at Bon Secours St. Francis Eastside. This class covers safe sleep, car seat safety, when to call the doctor and other important topics such as taking baby's temperature, diaper rash, and navigating postpartum depression. Register online at or call 864-675-4400. Girl Care is offered at 6:15 p.m. July 30 and Oct. 29 Bon Secours St. Francis Eastside. The cost is $25 per mom/daughter. This class is designed for mothers and daughters. It focuses on the emotional and physical changes during puberty for the 9- to 11-year-old female and her mother or female support person. Information is presented on a level so that participants find it easy to understand and that encourages further discussion for mom and daughter. Register online at or call 864-675-4400. Safe Harbor offers survivor support groups and classes for survivors to learn more about the cycle of violence and how to parent their children in the wake of domestic violence. Safe Harbor employs multiple bilingual staff, with outreach available in English, Spanish and Arabic. For details, visit English and Spanish: Back in Control – Parent Enrichment Course is offered regularly at Just Say Something. The course is for parents of adolescents and teens. It is free for Greenville County residents. Residents of other counties do have a fee. For more details, visit English and Spanish: Parenting Wisely – Enrichment Course is offered regularly at Just Say Something. The course is for parents of children from birth to age 8. It is free for Greenville County residents. Residents of other counties do have a fee. For more details, visit Learn Infant and Child CPR at 6:30 p.m. June 3, July 16, July 22, Aug. 19 or Aug. 26 at Bon Secours St. Francis Eastside. The course is offered at 11 a.m. June 12, July 2 and Aug. 12. Register online at or call 864-675-4400. Prepared Parents: Infant CPR is offered regularly at Spartanburg Medical Center, 101 E. Wood St., Spartanburg. For details and registration, visit Child Passenger Seat Safety Inspection from Safe Kids of the Piedmont and Spartanburg Medical Center is offered monthly at Spartanburg Medical Center, 101 E. Wood St., Spartanburg. For details, visit or call 864-560-6845. Triple P – Positive Parenting Program is offered by Just Say Something. A Spanish language program is also offered. Parents of young children can enhance their parenting skills and gain confidence as a parent. Call 864-467-4099. Visit Julie Valentine Center's Online Support Group (OSG) is an anonymous online group chat that allows members of the community who have been affected by sexual violence to connect with one another. OSG can be a great support for caregivers and loved ones of children who have experienced child abuse and/or survivors of child abuse and/or sexual assault. OSG is offered from 7 – 8 p.m. Mondays and noon – 1 p.m. Wednesdays. Access the group at these times online at Registration is not needed. For more information, contact Jamika Nedwards at 864-331-0560 or jnedwards@ Triple P – Positive Parenting Program, offered by Greenville First Steps, is a parenting and family support system designed to prevent – as well as treat – behavioral and emotional problems in children and teenagers. Learn more at Youth Impact Sports (YIS) Program is offered by Just Say Something. This is a free flag football, basketball, and soccer training camp for ages 6 – 12. It provides a fun, athletic outlet while promoting togetherness and character-building skills. Call for specific dates, times, and locations. For more information, contact Stacey Ashmore at 864-467-4099 or stacey@ or visit Free: Strengthening Families Program is offered by Just Say Something for English-and Spanish-speaking parents. This is a 14-week course designed for parents of children ages 6 – 11 to reduce at-risk behaviors among while improving school performance, parent-child bonding, and effective parenting skills. Call for specific dates and times. For more information, contact Kristin Seward at 864-467-4099 or kristin@ or visit June 2025: More than 175 things to do in Greenville, Spartanburg and beyond! Weekly events: Big sports week ahead Your guide to June arts classes, family fun, learning and more New products for summer fun and more Register now for Upstate summer reading programs How to reduce the risk of food allergies: Here's what to know Hunger season: Food insecurity in summer This article originally appeared on Greenville News: June prenatal classes – pregnancy and family health
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Contract dispute could impact thousands needing medical attention
GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – UnitedHealthcare members in South Carolina could soon lose access to treatment and doctors at Bon Secours due to a contact dispute. Bon Secours and UnitedHealthcare have a contact that is set to expire July 1. Both said they are at opposite ends of the bargaining table, requiring to continue working with each other. Come July 1, if an agreement is not reached between the companies, the two will no longer continue services as part of an in-network option for patients. This would mean if patients still wanted to see there Bon Secours doctor under UnitedHealthcare's insurance, they could, but would pay out-of-pocket and at a much higher cost. Bon Secours said they have been in negotiations since January, and around 30,000 patients will be impacted if an agreement is not reached. Both companies said the other is asking too much. 'We've made repeated efforts to secure a fair agreement that reflects today's health care environment, but UnitedHealthcare continues to underpay compared to market standards,' said Matt Caldwell, President, Bon Secours Greenville market. Bon Secours said they are working towards an agreement that would allow them to continue providing high quality care to patients, but UnitedHealthcare said that the rate they are asking them to pay them is too high. 'Bon Secours St. Francis is seeking a price increase of nearly 32% for our commercial plans over the next three years, along with a substantial rate hike for our Medicare Advantage plans, which would make them the most expensive in our South Carolina network.' said Trasee Carr, Corporate Communications with UnitedHealthcare. Through four months of negotiations, both companies state they are only looking out for the best interest of their patients. 'We are committed to doing everything possible to avoid any network disruption,' said officials at Bon Secours. They called out UnitedHealthcare, saying their unwillingness to collaborate threatens to disrupt care for thousands of patients. 'Our top priority is to reach an agreement that remains affordable and ensures continued access to the health system,' UnitedHealthcare responded. 'We hope Bon Secours St. Francis shares our commitment and collaborates on solutions that South Carolina families and employers can afford.' At this time, it is unclear if either party is willing to come closer to fulfilling what the other is asking of them. UnitedHealthcare tells us they proposed an offer to Bon Secours to extend their current contract through July if negotiations are still ongoing, however they said Bon Secours refused that offer. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Glasgow Times
13-05-2025
- Glasgow Times
Son of Tuam survivor ‘over the moon' to secure funds to buy mother's home
Patrick Naughton, 70, from Ealing, west London, was taken from his mother, Christina 'Chrissie' Tully, from the Tuam mother and baby home in Co Galway in 1954, just weeks after she gave birth to him aged 24. Mr Naughton, who moved to the UK with his adoptive parents aged 13, was reunited with Ms Tully, now 93, in 2013. In a bid to help his birth mother, whom he said 'never had anything in her life', Mr Naughton set up a fundraiser to help her buy her council home, which was valued at 50,000 euro (£42,000). Chrissie Tully, 93, a survivor of the Tuam mother and baby home in Co Galway (Patrick Naughton/PA) Last week Ms Tully's story was picked up by the New York Times and since then their fundraiser has reached more than 71,000 euro (£59,000), hitting their target. 'Chrissie is stunned – the penny hasn't dropped yet,' Mr Naughton told the PA news agency. 'She never believed it would happen in her lifetime. 'I just can't thank everybody enough. It means the world and the earth to both of us. 'We had a wonderful woman in San Diego who was moved by our story and she donated 50,000 dollars (£37,000). I'm just over the moon.' Ms Tully, who had given birth to another boy in 1949, when she was 18, via Caesarean section, was told by doctors at the time that he had died. But she believes her son, whom she named Michael, is still alive. As many as 68,000 people went through the religious-run mother and baby homes. Women's babies were forcibly taken from them and adopted. Up to 9,000 children died in institutions across the country, in appalling conditions. Mr Naughton said he had set up the fundraiser to buy her home from Galway council in case Michael ever returned like he did. He said he and his mother have searched 'high and low' in recent years for records of her first child, but have been unable to find anything. He said Ms Tully received a record from a Freedom of Information request that said the baby had been 'returned to Tuam home' after he died. A mass unmarked grave at the former site of the Bon Secours mother and baby home in Tuam, Co Galway (Niall Carson/PA) In 2014 it was revealed that hundreds of babies had been 'indecently buried' in a sewage tank at the Tuam mother and baby home. The research by local historian Catherine Corless found that 796 babies and young children had died and been 'indecently buried in a defunct sewage system' at the home between 1925 and 1961. Ms Tully, who said 'he could be in that pit in Tuam, but he could also have been adopted', said she wanted to keep her home for after she had died, in case he came looking for her, like Mr Naughton. After they hit their fundraising target Mr Naughton said: 'We will get a plaque and we will put it up over the door and call it 'Michael's home'.' Mr Naughton, who regularly travels to Ireland to visit his birth mother said: 'I am so happy because all of her life she's never had or owned anything. 'She worked in a priest's house for 13 years and then she worked in another home for 26 years simply because they were live-in jobs as she had nowhere to go. 'That's the icing on the cake is that she can spend the last few years of life knowing that she's an equal. 'Thanks isn't enough for the people that have done this. 'I just hope and pray to God Michael does come back.'
