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”.
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A Bessborough survivor has said the revelations are “heartbreaking and shocking”.
6,414 women were admitted to Sean Ross Abbey and 6,079 children were born or admitted there between 1931 and 1969.
The long-awaited report will be published today – and survivors want “urgent” action on foot of it.
“I think it was very disrespectful the fact that elements of it were leaked and appeared in a Sunday paper,” the Tánaiste said.
Ahead of the commission’s final report being published tomorrow, we’re taking a look back at its interim reports.
Facial reconstruction analysis has been performed on a skull discovered at the entrance of Trinity College in 2014.
The authors of Grave Matters talk about death through the ages.
Proper burials of the dead is preserving the dignity of the deceased.
Today TDs will debate a Bill that seeks to end “non-transparent” behaviour by cemetery authorities.
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.