IRELAND
RTE News
“Significant quantities” of human remains have been discovered at the site of the former mother-and-baby home in Tuam, Co Galway.
It comes after the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation began test excavations at the site of the children’s burial ground on the Dublin Road housing estate in Tuam, Co Galway in October 2016.
The commission was established following allegations about the deaths of 800 babies in Tuam over a number of decades and the manner in which they were buried.
In a statement today, the commission said significant quantities of human remains have been discovered in at least 17 of the 20 underground chambers which were examined earlier this year.
It added: “These remains involved a number of individuals with age-at-death ranges from approximately 35 foetal weeks to two-three years.”
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