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Wednesday 21 October 2020
Family members of the 796 babies who died and survivors of the home held a peaceful protest last month.
The government must first pass legislation allowing it to carry out excavations.
The Government has been offered €2.5 million by the Bon Secours Sisters, who ran the home, towards the excavation.
After meeting Minister Zappone the Pope referenced the encounter in a speech.
Erin Darcy says the names of the children should be listed at the grave site.
The commission has asked for an year extension to its deadline to publish its full findings.
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“There are currently no known comparative sites, nationally or internationally,” said the Department of Children in a statement.
We need a “comprehensive understanding into the truth of what happened in our country,” Zappone said.
Decisions are to be made over what is to happen with the exhumation of remains from the Tuam site, those affected say.
The Coalition of Mother and Baby Home Survivors called it a “shameful decision”.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny said the Church needs to reflect on the commitment it made in 2002.
Corless and some former residents of the home spoke to Ryan Tubridy this evening.
“Age should not diminish responsibility,” said the Independent Alliance TD.
Galway County Council has said no remains were found when the housing estate and playground were being built.
Minister Zappone has agreed to a small scoping exercise to assess if the mother and baby home investigation can be expanded.
A UN Committee added that the Eighth Amendment “unduly restricts access to abortion”.
The Taoiseach said it was up to the coroner and everyone else involved to decide on the next steps.
Bishop Brendan Leahy was challenged by a woman at today’s Citizens’ Assembly.
PJ Haverty’s mother spent five years hammering on the door of the Tuam home trying to get the nuns to return her son – instead they gave him away.
A report into ‘destitute Irish girls’ investigated the problem of unmarried pregnant women travelling to England.
Adaser said that a “shiver went up her back” when she read of the Tuam home news.
Historian Catherine Corless has shared her painstaking records of every single child whose death was registered to the home.
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“So many things get covered up these days, I am just so thankful that this has come out”.
Catherine Corless said that she has the names of 798 children who could be among the remains at the home.
They did say that they are fully committed to the Commission of Investigation ‘seeking the truth’ about what happened.
A significant amount of human remains were found in sewage chambers at a site first located by researcher Catherine Corless.
In a statement, the Commission said it is “shocked by the discovery” and its investigation is continuing.
Historian Catherine Corless and some mother and baby home survivors have been looking back at the time the story broke last year.
Survivors of mother and baby homes were given clarity today on the powers that will be given to the commission of inquiry.
James Reilly isn’t so sure.
Minister James Reilly hopes to bring the terms of reference to Cabinet in the near future.
It is not believed. however, that the plot holds any more bodies than previously disclosed.
Director Saskia Weber said she is hopeful more religious figures will come forward.
“If you come here, you’ll find no mass grave, no evidence that children were ever so buried”
The handing over of infant remains was legal under the Anatomy Act 1832 so as to provide “legal cadavers” for medical research.
The letter details how one hospital was struggling to find foster mothers for children.
The IHREC wants strong powers for the commission of investigation.
In the course of compiling a book about the abuse of children in industrial schools, I came face to face with one of the darkest chapters in Ireland’s history.
WITH LEVEL 5 restrictions coming into effect at midnight until 1 December, many businesses will be forced to close for the next six weeks.
Of course, many Irish businesses have an online presence and in the run-up to Christmas will rely heavily on support here at home.
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