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Tuesday 26 September 2023 Dublin: 15°C

# burials

This year
2023
Planning application denied for apartments on former Bessborough Mother and Baby Home site
Cork City Council admitted in June that it was unable to find the burial place of twin babies who apparently died in Bessborough.
Last year
2022
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.
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
Burials Bill will be published today, paving the way for Tuam site to finally be excavated
'I'll protest until I die': Call for 'forgotten' boarded out children to be given redress
All time
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.
'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'
'There can be no more messing about': Push for law to allow exhumations at mother and baby homes
'There can be no more messing about': Push for law to allow exhumations at mother and baby homes
Legislation being debated today would allow excavations, exhumations and re-interment of remains at the sites of former mother and baby homes.
Legislation being debated today would allow excavations, exhumations and re-interment of remains at the sites of former mother and baby homes
Catherine Corless says as many sites as possible must be included
"The babies should have been taken out of there in 2017 when they were found," she says of Tuam
Philomena Lee among women taking legal action against findings in Mother and Baby Home report
Babies from Cork County Home were buried in coffins with adults or amputated limbs
A Bessborough survivor has said the revelations are “heartbreaking and shocking”.
Commission finds remains of at least 42 infants in burial plot of former mother and baby home
6,414 women were admitted to Sean Ross Abbey and 6,079 children were born or admitted there between 1931 and 1969.
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.
'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.
Varadkar supports investigation into 'disrespectful' leak of mother and baby home information
“I think it was very disrespectful the fact that elements of it were leaked and appeared in a Sunday paper,” the Tánaiste said.
How a 'surprising' lack of burial records impacted the work of the mother and baby home commission
Ahead of the commission’s final report being published tomorrow, we’re taking a look back at its interim reports.
This is what a Dubliner looked like in the 16th century
Facial reconstruction analysis has been performed on a skull discovered at the entrance of Trinity College in 2014.
Mass graves, bodysnatchers and crematoriums: Ireland's history with death
The authors of Grave Matters talk about death through the ages.
Glasnevin Trust is helping with the burial of Ebola victims in Sierre Leone
Proper burials of the dead is preserving the dignity of the deceased.
There needs to be more competition between graveyards, apparently
Today TDs will debate a Bill that seeks to end “non-transparent” behaviour by cemetery authorities.
Photos: Cave excavation shows flowers used in burials over 13,000 years ago
The Natufians, the first people in the world to abandon the nomadic way of life, buried their dead on beds of colourful and sweet-smelling plants.