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René Gapert is a leading forensic anthropologist and is an expert in identifying human remains.
Bon Secours Sisters say a €2.5 million donation towards excavation and memorial will be their only contribution to the state.
The report states that most people will find the arrangements made for these burials “distasteful at a minimum”.
The report has been submitted to Minister for Children Katherine Zappone.
The first excavations at the site of the former Tuam mother and baby home was expected to start in the latter half of 2019.
The religious order has pledged €2.5 million towards the works which will cost between €6-€13m.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar told the Dáil today that he made a private visit to Tuam on his way home from a conference in Galway recently.
The papal visit saw many headlines about clerical abuse and about how survivor groups were unhappy with the Church’s response to it.
After meeting Minister Zappone the Pope referenced the encounter in a speech.
There was only ever one thing to do: excavate the site and DNA test the remains without delay, writes Adrienne Corless.
A team of scientists have contradicted an expert technical group over the remains
Adaser said that a “shiver went up her back” when she read of the Tuam home news.
TheJournal.ie finds a town reeling from confirmation of the truth hidden for generations in a muddy plot.