# Tuam

This month

September 2023

# Tuam

16-year-old boy dies in hospital after falling from tractor in Co Galway last week

The incident happened at around 7.40pm last Wednesday at Sylane in Tuam.

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Sep 6th 2023, 4:39 PM

This year

2023

# Reek Sunday

Pilgrims urged to 'take care' as thousands prepare for Croagh Patrick climb

Rescue teams from across Ireland and the UK will be on hand to help climbers who get into trouble

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Jul 29th 2023, 8:00 AM

# Tuam

Red Cross envoy appointed to oversee excavation and exhumation at Tuam mother and baby home

A former INTO general secretary will also lead the negotiation with all religious bodies who had a historical involvement in Mother and Baby Homes.

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May 23rd 2023, 1:01 PM

# Excavation

Tuam mother and baby home site will finally be excavated after Director is appointed next month

Relatives have welcomed the news but said there can be no further delays.

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Jan 7th 2023, 7:30 AM

Last year

2022

# Tuam

Man, 20s, dies in single-vehicle crash in Co Galway

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to the incident.

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Dec 24th 2022, 1:12 PM

# redacted lives

'Five grand can't give me my son back': Mother and Baby Home survivors hit out at redress plans

The final episode of Redacted Lives explores redress and plans to finally excavate the site of the former mother and baby home in Tuam.

The final episode of Redacted Lives explores redress and plans to finally excavate the site of the former mother and baby home in Tuam

Survivors believe State could face further legal action if so many people remain excluded from redress scheme, Órla Ryan reports

Maria Arbuckle says: "Five grand isn't going to change my life. My son being taken off me changed my life."

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Dec 18th 2022, 12:10 AM

# Podcast

Redacted Lives: Final episode explores redress and plans to excavate Tuam mother and baby home site

The final episode in the series features an interview with Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman.

In the sixth and final episode in the series, A Living Wound, we hear from Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman

Also in this episode, survivors explain why they disagree with the Government’s approach to redress and other issues

As Maria Arbuckle said: "“Five grand isn’t going to change my life. My son being taken off me changed my life."

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Dec 15th 2022, 11:00 AM

# Podcast

Redacted Lives: Listen to the third episode of our new documentary series here

In 1975, two children looked under a slab of concrete and saw what appeared to be bones. Decades later, their accidental discovery led to a mass grave being uncovered on the grounds of a former mother and baby home.

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Nov 29th 2022, 5:03 PM

# Excavation

Recruitment launched for Director who will oversee excavation of Tuam mother and baby home site

The recovery of remains at the site is expected to begin early next year.

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Nov 25th 2022, 9:13 AM

# Tuam

Redacted Lives: How boys robbing apples, and a local historian, uncovered a dark part of Irish history

The third episode of our new documentary series explores Tuam mother and baby home.

The third episode of our new documentary series explores Tuam mother and baby home

In 1975, two children hiding after being caught robbing apples uncovered what appeared to be piles of tiny bones

Decades later, their discovery was researched by a woman named Catherine Corless - who had no idea of the chain of events she would set into motion

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Nov 24th 2022, 6:00 AM

# project infant

'These were babies, not numbers': New website documents deaths in mother and baby homes

Project Infant has been created by student Daniel Loftus.

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Sep 11th 2022, 7:30 AM

# operation tara

Man arrested after gardaí seize €60,000 worth of cocaine in Tuam

Gardaí carried out a search under warrant at a domestic residence in Tuam yesterday.

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Sep 10th 2022, 12:43 PM

# mother and baby homes

'This isn't justice': Relatives criticise fact Bessborough site won't be excavated like Tuam

The burial place of over 850 children who died in Bessborough mother and baby home, or shortly after being transferred to hospital from there, remains unknown.

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Sep 2nd 2022, 3:11 PM

# mother and baby home

Campaigner criticises Government’s exhumation plans at Tuam mother and baby site

Anna Corrigan said she ‘fears’ that by focusing on the Co Galway site, the Government will ‘ignore’ other mother and baby institutions.

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Aug 15th 2022, 6:47 PM

THE MORNING LEAD

'Two babies from one family, gone': Tusla unable to locate records despite 'extensive' search

A report by

Órla Ryan

Tuam survivor Peter Mulryan says it’s “awful” that records for his older sister, Bridget, cannot be found.

Tuam survivor Peter Mulryan says it's "awful" that records for his older sister cannot be found, Órla Ryan reports

Peter believes there is a chance Bridget may have been incorrectly listed as dead, before being adopted

Records related to St Gerard's were given to Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, in 2017

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Aug 3rd 2022, 12:05 AM

THE MORNING LEAD

'Where is she?': Survivor of Tuam home discovers he has a second sister with no burial record

A report by

Órla Ryan

Peter Mulryan is going public with his search for information about a second sister, Bridget, who passed through St Gerard’s in Dublin.

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Jul 28th 2022, 4:08 PM

# Redress

Independent office to lead excavation of Tuam Mother and Baby Home site

Minister for Children Roderic O’Gorman proposed the office be set up following the signing into law of the Institutional Burials Act.

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Jul 27th 2022, 5:41 PM

# catherine corless

Tuam mother and baby home site to be excavated after President signs Burials Bill into law

The legislation will also allow for the excavation and reburial of remains at the sites of other former institutions.

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Jul 13th 2022, 12:04 PM

# burials bill

Long-awaited bill passed to allow excavation of remains found in Tuam

The legislation allows the children’s remains found at the site to be excavated, recovered, and finally given a formal burial.

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Jul 7th 2022, 12:11 PM

# Garda Appeal

Gardaí appealing for witnesses following collision in Tuam yesterday

A male in his late teens was taken to University Hospital Galway to be treated for his injuries

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May 24th 2022, 2:23 PM

# Coroner

Burials Bill: New law will allow for Tuam mother and baby home and other sites to be excavated

The restriction on the jurisdiction of the coroner has been removed entirely from the legislation.

The legislation will allow the excavation, recovery and analysis of remains at the site of the former mother and baby institutions

The restriction on the jurisdiction of the coroner has been removed entirely from the Bill

Catherine Corless said today is "a good day", Órla Ryan reports

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Feb 22nd 2022, 4:25 PM

# Cabinet

Burials Bill will be published today, paving the way for Tuam site to finally be excavated

Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman will bring the draft legislation to Cabinet this morning.

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Feb 22nd 2022, 6:00 AM

# Tuam

Long-awaited Burials Bill to be published next week

If the legislation passes in the coming months, the site of the former mother and baby institution in Tuam may finally be excavated.

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Feb 18th 2022, 2:58 PM

All time

# burials bill

Tuam site may finally be excavated in 2022 - five years after 'significant' human remains found

The long-awaited Burials Bill and the Birth Information and Tracing Bill are expected to be published in the next two months.

The site of the former mother and baby home may be excavated five years after a "significant" quantity of human remains were found

Survivors, relatives and archaeologists have called for the Tuam site to be excavated urgently, Órla Ryan reports

The long-awaited Burials Bill and the Birth Information and Tracing Bill are expected to be published in the next two months

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Dec 24th 2021, 12:05 AM

# Galway

Gardaí charge eight people in connection to 'violent disorder' at a funeral

The arrests relate to an outbreak of violence at a funeral in Tuam, Co Galway in September.

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Nov 29th 2021, 4:42 PM

# Tuam

UN experts warn Burials Bill may 'create obstacles' to examining deaths at Mother & Baby Homes

The proposed legislation raises “serious concerns in relation to the State’s compliance with its international legal obligations”, the groups note.

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Nov 10th 2021, 5:19 PM

# the missing children

'Four years on and still no action': Call for Tuam mother and baby home site to be excavated

A test excavation found a “significant” quantity of human remains, but a full excavation has still not happened – to the frustration of survivors and archaeologists.

Survivors, relatives and archaeologists are calling for the site to be excavated urgently, Órla Ryan reports

They want DNA testing carried out to identify the remains of the children buried in Tuam

A new documentary explores the search for the truth about what happened to those who disappeared

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Nov 7th 2021, 7:00 AM

# Tuam

One arrested and seven injured after violent altercation at Galway graveyard

Around 30 gardaí responded to the scene in Tuam.

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Sep 22nd 2021, 10:51 PM

# Galway

Man (40s) rushed to Beaumont hospital after assault in Tuam

The man was seriously injured during the incident.

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Jul 11th 2021, 6:18 PM

# Mary Daly

'Yet another blow to survivors': Women get few answers as Commissioner defends report

A number of Mother and Baby Home survivors finally got to hear from a Commissioner today – it did not go to plan.

Commissioner defends Mother and Baby Home report in first public comments, saying 'ultra legal' approach was needed

'My view is we've done a job and, basically, let's let others go and take it further,' Professor Mary Daly said

The evidence given by hundreds of survivors to the Confidential Committee was essentially discounted, Órla Ryan writes

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Jun 2nd 2021, 9:51 PM

# identification of remains

DNA testing for Mother and Baby Home sites could include 'aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews'

The minister has discussed plans for “very significant DNA-based identification process”.

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May 18th 2021, 5:40 PM

# Galway

Army bomb disposal make safe a viable explosive device found in Tuam

Gardaí received the call shortly after 8am and have evacuated a number of people from their homes.

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May 12th 2021, 6:10 PM

# burials bill

Bessborough survivor says more women 'will die not knowing if their child is rotting in a septic tank'

The Children’s Committee today discussed legislation that would allow exhumations and re-interment of remains at the sites of former mother and baby institutions.

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Apr 27th 2021, 6:15 PM

# burials bill

'Is she dead or alive?': Call for inquests into deaths at mother and baby homes

One Tuam survivor told the Oireachtas Children’s Committee he wants to know if his sister is buried at the site, or still alive.

Inquests must be carried out into all deaths at mother and baby homes, Oireachtas told

One Tuam survivor wants to know if his sister is buried at the site, or still alive

Ireland 'must meet its domestic and international human rights obligations'

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Apr 14th 2021, 6:00 PM

# Tuam

Galway County Council 'profoundly sorry' for failing those at Tuam mother and baby home

The Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation released a report on its five-year investigation into the homes earlier this month.

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Jan 25th 2021, 1:47 PM

# Tuam

'We did not live up to our Christianity': Bon Secours apologises for Tuam mother and baby home

Historian Catherine Corless said she is grateful for the “honest” statement.

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Jan 13th 2021, 11:18 AM

# Tuam

Catherine Corless: Government efforts to help mother and baby homes survivors 'half-hearted'

The final report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes was published yesterday.

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Jan 13th 2021, 9:41 AM

# final report

Premature births and malnutrition: how infant mortality in one home rose to 900% of national rates

The findings were revealed in the final report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission today.

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Jan 12th 2021, 6:36 PM

# final report

5-year investigation finds at least 9,000 children died in Ireland's mother and baby homes

Infant human remains were located during an excavation at Sean Ross mother and baby home, but appear to have been buried in coffins, unlike at Tuam.

Document details the experiences of women and children who lived in 14 mother and baby homes and four county homes.

Commission recommends redress, services such as counselling and enhanced medical cards.

Taoiseach to give State apology over mother and baby homes in the Dáil tomorrow.

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Jan 12th 2021, 3:00 PM

# Mary Harney

'Accept responsibility and we might accept your apology': Survivors brace themselves for mother and baby home report

The long-awaited report will be published today – and survivors want “urgent” action on foot of it.

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Jan 12th 2021, 12:05 AM