Access to the entire site is now closed off to the public, with 24-hour security also in place
A full forensic excavation on the site of the former mother and baby institution in Tuam, Co Galway, began on Monday morning.
This process will focus on recovering and analysing human remains from the site and will also involve a memorialisation of the deceased.
Ground was broken on the project just after 10.30am, and the excavation expected to take around two years to complete.
“Access to the entire site is now closed off to the public and it is also concealed from view,” the Office of the Director of Authorised Intervention, Tuam confirmed.
There will be a 24-hour security presence at the site, with a 2.4 metre high fence also in place.
“These measures are necessary to ensure the site’s forensic integrity and to enable us to carry out the works to…
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