In recent years, the name of Tuam has become synonymous with an Ireland of the past - a place which treated children born outside of marriage, and the women who gave birth to them, as problems that ...

Preparatory work has begun prior to the exhumation of 796 infant bodies interred close to a mother and baby home run by nuns ...

The site of the former Tuam mother and baby home has now been sealed off to members of the public and will remain closed for at least two years for the first ever mass grave exhumation in Ireland.

Preparatory work will begin on Monday at the site of the former mother and baby institution in Tuam, Co Galway, in advance of ...

Preliminary works to enable the excavation of the former mother-and-baby home in Tuam, Co Galway, are under way.

Preliminary works are under way to enable the excavation of the remains of almost 800 infants at the site of the former ...

Preliminary works are under way to enable the excavation of the remains of almost 800 infants at the site of the former ...

Pre-excavation work on the site of a notorious former mother and baby home in Tuam in Co Galway has begun. The preparatory ...

Pre-excavation work on the site of a notorious former mother and baby home in Tuam, Co Galway, has begun. The preparatory phase, which will last around four weeks, comes before the full-scale ...

Preliminary works to enable the excavation of the former mother and baby home in Tuam, Co Galway, are due to begin today.

The "unique and incredibly complex excavation" at the Tuam Mother and Baby Home is expected to take roughly 24 months.