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# burials - Tuesday 22 February, 2022

Burials Bill: New law will allow for Tuam mother and baby home and other sites to be excavated

# Coroner

Burials Bill: New law will allow for Tuam mother and baby home and other sites to be excavated

Updated Feb 22nd 2022, 4:25 PM 14,928 Views 23 Comments

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 - Tuesday 27 April, 2021

Bessborough survivor says more women 'will die not knowing if their child is rotting in a septic tank'

# Burials Bill

Bessborough survivor says more women 'will die not knowing if their child is rotting in a septic tank'

Updated Apr 27th 2021, 6:15 PM 15,853 Views 6 Comments

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.

# burials - Wednesday 14 April, 2021

'Is she dead or alive?': Call for inquests into deaths at mother and baby homes

# Burials Bill

'Is she dead or alive?': Call for inquests into deaths at mother and baby homes

Updated Apr 14th 2021, 6:00 PM 18,639 Views 27 Comments

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

# Burials Bill

'There can be no more messing about': Push for law to allow exhumations at mother and baby homes

Apr 14th 2021, 12:05 AM 10,822 Views 22 Comments

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

# burials - Saturday 30 January, 2021

Babies from Cork County Home were buried in coffins with adults or amputated limbs

# Burials

Babies from Cork County Home were buried in coffins with adults or amputated limbs

Jan 30th 2021, 2:52 PM 51,525 Views 14 Comments

A Bessborough survivor has said the revelations are “heartbreaking and shocking”.

# burials - Tuesday 12 January, 2021

Commission finds remains of at least 42 infants in burial plot of former mother and baby home

# Sean Ross Abbey

Commission finds remains of at least 42 infants in burial plot of former mother and baby home

Jan 12th 2021, 3:22 PM 24,803 Views 36 Comments

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

# Final Report

5-year investigation finds at least 9,000 children died in Ireland's mother and baby homes

Jan 12th 2021, 3:00 PM 45,001 Views 100 Comments

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.