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Still no action four years after discovery of 796 babies in Tuam mass grave
Still no action four years after discovery of 796 babies in Tuam mass grave
The remains of 796 babies and young children at the Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in Tuam have yet to be exhumed.
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An Irish historian and activist whose research uncovered the bodies of 796 babies and young children buried in a sewage tank at the Tuam Mother and Baby Home has blasted Government inaction over the exhumation of their remains.Â
Catherine Corless, who exposed the scandal at the Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, told the Dáil s Children Committee on Wednesday that she was naive to believe that the bodies would be exhumed after they were discovered.Â
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The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Equality yesterday heard consistent criticism of the Certain Institutional Burials Bill following 8 hours of meetings with relevant representatives.
On Thursday’s Morning Focus Susan Lohan – co-founder of the Adoption Rights Alliance spoke with Pat Flynn. She told the committee that the proposed legislation for the excavation of remains at sites once run by religious orders “falls far, far short” of what was “promised” and contravenes human rights obligations.
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List of the names of dead children at the grotto at the site of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home (file photo from January 2021).
Image: Niall Carson/PA Wire/PA Images
List of the names of dead children at the grotto at the site of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home (file photo from January 2021).
Image: Niall Carson/PA Wire/PA Images