Search for 796 buried infants at former Galway mother and baby home

‘Preliminary excavations commenced last week at the site of the former mother and baby home in Tuam, County Galway.
The new tests were requested by the Irish Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes, which is investigating the death and burial of up to 800 babies who died at the home, after their death certificates were discovered by local historian Catherine Corless.
Head of RTE’s investigative unit Philip Boucher-Hayes, who is on the ground at the dig, reported that there was no sense of drama surrounding it despite the international coverage the story has garnered.’
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