Human remains discovered during excavation of Tuam site
Five sets of skeletal remains are believed to predate mother and baby home as operation continues
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Samples have been taken from 18 elderly or vulnerable people to help identify any remains that may be found at former mother and baby home
Adult tooth only human remains found to date in early Tuam excavation
Excavation of site of former mother and baby institution began in July and is likely to take at least two years
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The excavation that began on the site of the mother and baby home yesterday is making history in a double sense
Excavation begins of site of Tuam mother and baby institution
Access to the entire site is now closed off to the public, with 24-hour security also in place
Tuam families can see ‘light at the end of a very long tunnel’
Children buried at former mother and baby home site ‘got no dignity in life and got no dignity in death’, sister says
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Around 800 babies and young children are believed to be buried in former sewer at site of home run by Bon Secours religious order
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Work to excavate site of Tuam mother and baby home to begin in June
Almost 800 children could be buried at the site
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Excavation at former Tuam mother and baby home to be one of ‘most complex’ ever
Effort to involve DNA identification process ‘on a scale never done before’ in Ireland, O’Gorman says
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Michael Byrne says knowing more about his past would give him ‘a little more peace’
Woman was 70 when she found out her early years were spent in Tuam home
‘I’m terrified of the dark. I always feel that that goes back to the mother and baby home’
Mother and baby homes commission accused of ‘disrespect’
Survivor say evidence was misrepresented and call for accountability of commission
Order behind Tuam home defends dealings with commission
Roderic O’Gorman writes to hundreds of survivors telling them ‘you are believed’
Remains of mothers and babies should be ‘returned’ to families
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Galway council apologises for its role in running of Tuam mother and baby home
Council ‘fully committed’ to providing survivors with access to archives and records
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Left with the blame for the sins of the past, few in Tuam want to speak openly
Many unsure what to do next about hundreds of baby remains in home’s grounds
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The Irish Times view on the Mother and Baby Homes report: a culture of silence and shame
What emerges from the files, and from the graves of the unregarded innocents, is a dark story that will take some time to absorb into the official narratives of independent Ireland
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Minister says it would be inappropriate to publish 3,000 page report before Christmas
Memo to Cabinet expected on reburial of Tuam remains
Legislation would allow for exhumation, identification, and reburial of bodies
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