IRELAND
The Irish Sun
By Kieran Dineen, Public Affairs Correspondent and Emma O’Rourke
3rd March 2017
The Children’s Minister has said the discovery of children’s remains at the site of the former mother and baby home in Tuam was “not unexpected”.
Katherine Zappone made her remarks after the Mother and Baby Homes Commission released a statement confirming the find.
The results of the excavation dig in November and December 2016 show that “significant quantities of human remains” were discovered in at least 17 of the 20 underground chambers which were examined.
The recovered corpses range in age from 35 foetal weeks to 2-3 years old.
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