IRELAND
RTE
October 23, 2018
The Government has approved the forensic excavation of the site of the former mother-and-baby home in Tuam, Co Galway.
Significant quantities of human remains were discovered at the site last year.
The Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation began test excavations at the site of the children’s burial ground at the Dublin Road housing estate in Tuam 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.
The commission said significant quantities of human remains were discovered in at least 17 of 20 underground chambers that were examined last year.
The mother-and-baby home operated from 1925 to 1961.
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