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Excavation of Tuam mother and baby home site will take 'many years', says forensic expert

René Gapert is a leading forensic anthropologist and is an expert in identifying human remains.

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Nov 11th 2021, 6:45 AM

Voices

'Those who were denied a voice for too long will continue to fight for justice for the lost children of Tuam'

Family members of the 796 babies who died and survivors of the home held a peaceful protest last month.

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Aug 31st 2019, 9:30 PM

# forensics

Excavations at Tuam mother and baby home expected to start in latter half of 2019

The government must first pass legislation allowing it to carry out excavations.

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Dec 29th 2018, 6:00 AM

# tuam babies

'Exceptionally important decision': Full forensic excavation of Tuam mother and baby home to take place

The Government has been offered €2.5 million by the Bon Secours Sisters, who ran the home, towards the excavation.

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Oct 23rd 2018, 3:36 PM

# tuam babies

Zappone confirms she told pope about children's bodies in sewage system of Tuam home

After meeting Minister Zappone the Pope referenced the encounter in a speech.

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Aug 27th 2018, 10:19 AM

# In Memory

Names of 796 Tuam Babies written on white sheets and brought to Galway church

Erin Darcy says the names of the children should be listed at the grave site.

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Aug 17th 2018, 6:12 PM

# need more time

Mother and baby homes: It will be difficult to 'establish facts' on burial records say investigators

The commission has asked for an year extension to its deadline to publish its full findings.

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Dec 6th 2017, 7:14 AM

# mother and baby home

The 'mixing of remains' will make it very difficult to identify babies at Tuam site

“There are currently no known comparative sites, nationally or internationally,” said the Department of Children in a statement.

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Jul 7th 2017, 8:41 PM

# Mass Graves

'Today is about Tuam': Catherine Corless commends Zappone for appointing experts to investigate burial site

We need a “comprehensive understanding into the truth of what happened in our country,” Zappone said.

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Jun 1st 2017, 5:30 PM

# catherine corless

'Something urgent has to be done with the Tuam site - it can't just be left as it is'

Decisions are to be made over what is to happen with the exhumation of remains from the Tuam site, those affected say.

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May 20th 2017, 7:00 AM

# shameful decision

'Immoral and repulsive': Fury at Zappone's refusal for redress for mother and baby home survivors

The Coalition of Mother and Baby Home Survivors called it a “shameful decision”.

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Apr 12th 2017, 2:08 PM

# money due

Pressure mounts on Church to 'pay up' on sexual abuse redress as Taoiseach says 'get on with it'

Taoiseach Enda Kenny said the Church needs to reflect on the commitment it made in 2002.

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Mar 13th 2017, 12:55 PM

# tuam babies

'I wasn't shocked, I knew they were there': Catherine Corless receives standing ovation on Late Late

Corless and some former residents of the home spoke to Ryan Tubridy this evening.

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Mar 10th 2017, 10:32 PM

# tuam babies

Gardaí should interview the surviving Bon Secour nuns over Tuam burial site, says TD

“Age should not diminish responsibility,” said the Independent Alliance TD.

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Mar 10th 2017, 12:40 PM

# mother and baby home

Catherine Corless says more human remains are likely to be buried under Tuam playground

Galway County Council has said no remains were found when the housing estate and playground were being built.

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Mar 8th 2017, 11:42 AM

# tuam babies

Watch: 'We took their babies and gifted them, sold them, trafficked them and starved them'

Minister Zappone has agreed to a small scoping exercise to assess if the mother and baby home investigation can be expanded.

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Mar 7th 2017, 7:21 PM

# Women's Rights

UN committee warns scope of mother and baby homes inquiry is too narrow

A UN Committee added that the Eighth Amendment “unduly restricts access to abortion”.

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Mar 6th 2017, 10:14 PM

# tuam babies

Enda Kenny says babies at Tuam home were treated like 'some kind of sub-species'

The Taoiseach said it was up to the coroner and everyone else involved to decide on the next steps.

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Mar 6th 2017, 5:03 PM

# tuam babies

Catholic bishop: 'We hang our heads in shame' over Tuam mass grave

Bishop Brendan Leahy was challenged by a woman at today’s Citizens’ Assembly.

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Mar 5th 2017, 5:48 PM

# tuam babies

'You were just a bastard in their eyes. But they can't hide from the truth now'

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.

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Mar 5th 2017, 8:05 AM

# state files

Mother and baby homes believed to give Irish women 'every chance of keeping their secret'

A report into ‘destitute Irish girls’ investigated the problem of unmarried pregnant women travelling to England.

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Mar 4th 2017, 10:00 PM

# tuam babies

'I was so badly whipped I had to be taken to hospital' - Mother and baby home survivor

Adaser said that a “shiver went up her back” when she read of the Tuam home news.

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Mar 4th 2017, 2:13 PM

# RIP

These were the 796 children who died at Tuam Mother and Baby Home

Historian Catherine Corless has shared her painstaking records of every single child whose death was registered to the home.

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Mar 4th 2017, 11:05 AM

# peace at last

No mourning at final resting place of Tuam babies - only an eerie silence

TheJournal.ie finds a town reeling from confirmation of the truth hidden for generations in a muddy plot.

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Mar 4th 2017, 8:05 AM

# News Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Friday

Mother and Baby Homes Commission finds children’s remains at Tuam site – it’s the Fix.

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Mar 3rd 2017, 9:00 PM

# tuam babies

She was right: How Catherine Corless uncovered what happened in Tuam

“So many things get covered up these days, I am just so thankful that this has come out”.

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Mar 3rd 2017, 6:09 PM

# Liveline

'It wasn't a home, it was a prison': Former residents from Tuam mother and baby home react

Catherine Corless said that she has the names of 798 children who could be among the remains at the home.

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Mar 3rd 2017, 5:42 PM

# bon secours sisters

Nuns who ran Tuam home have 'no comment' to make on today's revelations

They did say that they are fully committed to the Commission of Investigation ‘seeking the truth’ about what happened.

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Mar 3rd 2017, 2:49 PM

# Investigation

Tuam babies: Next steps in finding the truth behind their deaths

A significant amount of human remains were found in sewage chambers at a site first located by researcher Catherine Corless.

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Mar 3rd 2017, 1:47 PM

# Mass Grave

Remains of young children and babies found in sewage chambers at Tuam mother and baby home

In a statement, the Commission said it is “shocked by the discovery” and its investigation is continuing.

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Mar 3rd 2017, 11:26 AM

# Media Frenzy

'These children need to be remembered': It's almost a year since the Tuam Babies controversy

Historian Catherine Corless and some mother and baby home survivors have been looking back at the time the story broke last year.

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Apr 13th 2015, 9:15 PM

# Ireland's Past

Mother and baby home survivor: My son is in his 42nd year - I might never get to hug him

Survivors of mother and baby homes were given clarity today on the powers that will be given to the commission of inquiry.

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Jan 9th 2015, 10:30 PM

# tuam babies

Should the mother-and-baby homes inquiry include orphanages?

James Reilly isn’t so sure.

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Nov 15th 2014, 7:45 AM

# tuam babies

"It's so important to get this inquiry right"

Minister James Reilly hopes to bring the terms of reference to Cabinet in the near future.

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Nov 13th 2014, 2:15 PM

# tuam babies

Second burial ground found at Tuam mother and baby home

It is not believed. however, that the plot holds any more bodies than previously disclosed.

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Nov 10th 2014, 11:17 AM

# tuam babies

Just one priest agreed to be interviewed for documentary on mother-and-baby homes

Director Saskia Weber said she is hopeful more religious figures will come forward.

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Oct 19th 2014, 9:00 AM

# tuam babies

Row brews over Terry Prone Tuam babies email

“If you come here, you’ll find no mass grave, no evidence that children were ever so buried”

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Oct 13th 2014, 5:28 PM

# mother and baby home

Almost 500 unclaimed infant bodies were sent to anatomy departments from 1940-65

The handing over of infant remains was legal under the Anatomy Act 1832 so as to provide “legal cadavers” for medical research.

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Jul 16th 2014, 3:37 PM

# state files

This 1940s letter describes the 'decent class' of unmarried mothers who were 'first offenders'

The letter details how one hospital was struggling to find foster mothers for children.

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Jul 14th 2014, 7:25 AM

# state obligation

Victims of mother-and-baby homes should give evidence in public if they want to - Human rights group

The IHREC wants strong powers for the commission of investigation.

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Jul 1st 2014, 9:03 AM