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Gardaí say they are liaising with the local coroner in Co Galway, following the revelation that significant quantities of infants’ remains were found on the site of the former mother and baby home in Tuam.
It is understood any decision on garda involvement in the matter will be made following considerations by the coroner.
The matter was referred to the north Galway coroner by the Mother and Baby Home Commission of Investigation, following analysis of bones found in two underground structures.
The 1962 Coroners’ Act states that unexplained deaths have to be reported, regardless of when they are thought to have occurred.
Scientific analysis of the remains found in Tuam has dated them to the same period when the Bon Secours sisters operated a home in the town.
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