# tuam - Tuesday 24 May, 2022
# Garda Appeal
# Garda Appeal
A male in his late teens was taken to University Hospital Galway to be treated for his injuries
# tuam - Tuesday 22 February, 2022
# Coroner
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
# Cabinet
# Cabinet
Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman will bring the draft legislation to Cabinet this morning.
# tuam - Friday 18 February, 2022
# Tuam
# Tuam
If the legislation passes in the coming months, the site of the former mother and baby institution in Tuam may finally be excavated.
# tuam - Friday 24 December, 2021
# Burials Bill
The site of the former mother and baby home may be excavated five years after a "significant" quantity of human remains were found Survivors, relatives and archaeologists have called for the Tuam site to be excavated urgently, Órla Ryan reports The long-awaited Burials Bill and the Birth Information and Tracing Bill are expected to be published in the next two months
# tuam - Monday 29 November, 2021
# Galway
# Galway
The arrests relate to an outbreak of violence at a funeral in Tuam , Co Galway in September.
# tuam - Wednesday 10 November, 2021
# Tuam
# Tuam
The proposed legislation raises “serious concerns in relation to the State’s compliance with its international legal obligations”, the groups note.
# tuam - Sunday 7 November, 2021
# The Missing Children
Survivors, relatives and archaeologists are calling for the site to be excavated urgently, Órla Ryan reports They want DNA testing carried out to identify the remains of the children buried in Tuam A new documentary explores the search for the truth about what happened to those who disappeared
# tuam - Wednesday 22 September, 2021
# Tuam
# Tuam
Around 30 gardaí responded to the scene in Tuam .
# tuam - Sunday 11 July, 2021
# Galway
# Galway
The man was seriously injured during the incident.
# tuam - Wednesday 2 June, 2021
# Mary Daly
Commissioner defends Mother and Baby Home report in first public comments, saying 'ultra legal' approach was needed 'My view is we've done a job and, basically, let's let others go and take it further,' Professor Mary Daly said The evidence given by hundreds of survivors to the Confidential Committee was essentially discounted, Órla Ryan writes
# tuam - Tuesday 18 May, 2021
# Identification Of Remains
# Identification Of Remains
The minister has discussed plans for “very significant DNA-based identification process”.
# tuam - Wednesday 12 May, 2021
# Galway
# Galway
Gardaí received the call shortly after 8am and have evacuated a number of people from their homes.
# tuam - Tuesday 27 April, 2021
# Burials Bill
# Burials Bill
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.
# tuam - Wednesday 14 April, 2021
# Burials Bill
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'
# tuam - Monday 25 January, 2021
# Tuam
# Tuam
The Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation released a report on its five-year investigation into the homes earlier this month.
# tuam - Wednesday 13 January, 2021
# Tuam
# Tuam
Historian Catherine Corless said she is grateful for the “honest” statement.
# Tuam
# Tuam
The final report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes was published yesterday.
# tuam - Tuesday 12 January, 2021
# Final Report
# Final Report
The findings were revealed in the final report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission today.
# Final Report
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.
# Mary Harney
# Mary Harney
The long-awaited report will be published today – and survivors want “urgent” action on foot of it.
# tuam - Monday 11 January, 2021
# Bessborough
# Bessborough
Ahead of the commission’s final report being published tomorrow, we’re taking a look back at its interim reports.
# tuam - Thursday 3 December, 2020
# Roderic O'Gorman
# Roderic O'Gorman
The report will be published on the week of 11 January, Minister Roderic O’Gorman has confirmed.
# tuam - Thursday 5 November, 2020
# National Archive
# National Archive
Survivors want Ireland to face up to its past – but there are different views on the best way to do this.
# tuam - Wednesday 28 October, 2020
# Cabinet Meeting
# Cabinet Meeting
The government released a statement about the Mother and Baby Homes this evening.
# tuam - Sunday 18 October, 2020
# Green And Red
From The42
# Green And Red
Mayo hit 2-17 in a remarkable first-half display in the Division 1 tie.
# tuam - Tuesday 10 December, 2019
# Tuam
# Tuam
Between 1925 and 1960, 796 children died at the Tuam mother and baby home.
# tuam - Tuesday 5 November, 2019
# Tuam
# Tuam
The search was carried out this morning in Tuam .
# tuam - Wednesday 11 September, 2019
# Tuam
# Tuam
Dr Geoffrey Shannon’s Report on the Collection of Tuam Survivors’ DNA has been published today.
# tuam - Saturday 31 August, 2019
# Mother And Baby Home
# Mother And Baby Home
Family members of the 796 babies who died and survivors of the home held a peaceful protest last month.
# tuam - Sunday 25 August, 2019
# Mother And Baby Home
# Mother And Baby Home
Survivors and family members of the dead babies gathered at the site today.
# tuam - Wednesday 17 April, 2019
# Mother-and-baby Homes
# Mother-and-baby Homes
The commission said the affidavit from the congregation that ran the mother and baby home was “speculative, inaccurate and misleading”.
# tuam - Tuesday 26 March, 2019
# Confidential Letter
# Confidential Letter
That’s according to a confidential letter to a government minister.
# tuam - Saturday 16 March, 2019
# Tuam Mother And Baby Home
# Tuam Mother And Baby Home
The report has been submitted to Minister for Children Katherine Zappone.
# tuam - Wednesday 13 February, 2019
# Tuam
# Tuam
The first excavations at the site of the former Tuam mother and baby home was expected to start in the latter half of 2019.
# tuam - Sunday 20 January, 2019
# Rossies Roar
From The42
# Rossies Roar
Donie Smith hit 0-8 for the winners against Galway.
# tuam - Saturday 29 December, 2018
# Forensics
# Forensics
The government must first pass legislation allowing it to carry out excavations.
# tuam - Thursday 1 November, 2018
# Magdalene Laundries
# Magdalene Laundries
Minister Katherine Zappone will deliver a keynote speech at the event which is exploring adoption and institutional abuses.
# tuam - Wednesday 24 October, 2018
# Tuam Mother And Baby Home
# Tuam Mother And Baby Home
The religious order has pledged €2.5 million towards the works which will cost between €6-€13m.
# tuam - Tuesday 25 September, 2018
# Mother And Baby Home
# Mother And Baby Home
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar told the Dáil today that he made a private visit to Tuam on his way home from a conference in Galway recently.
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