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84 days ago

The excavation team, which began its work in July, revealed that it has uncovered compelling evidence of a graveyard on the western edge of the former Tuam institution in County Galway.
Agency said it found "graves of child or infant size" at an area on the western edge of the site.

7 months ago

The mass exhumation in Ireland is vindication for campaigners – but their battle for justice is far from over

A young girl played on a swing near a mass grave as the names of hundreds of children who …

Archaeologists, anthropologists and forensic experts aim to identify infants buried at former mother and baby home in Tuam

A century after Irish nuns first began to bury hundreds of infants in what wo…

International experts will join Irish counterparts to uncover an unmarked mass burial site for children at a former mother and baby home in Tuam in western Ireland

8 months ago

Pre-excavation work began on Monday ahead of a full-scale dig to try to identify hundreds of children who died at the home in Tuam, Co Galway between 1925 and 1961

Excavation crews begin sealing off site in Tuam, Co Galway, before full-scale dig starts on 14 July

Preliminary work aimed at identifying the remains of nearly 800 infants is starting on the site in T…

In 2016, investigators found "significant quantities of human remain" underground at the site in Tuam.

10 months ago

The reluctance of religious organisations to offer recompense for the lives ruined fits a pattern of denial and evasion

There are some stories so horrifying that their details embed themselves in your…

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