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Unpacking claims 796 children were buried in a 'mother-and-baby home' septic tank in Ireland
An amateur historian posited children had been buried in "a sewage tank." A government commission investigated her claims.
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800 dead babies' remains to be exhumed from home for unwed mothers in Ireland
A mass grave with the remains of babies and young children was discovered hidden in a sewage tank on the grounds of the Bon ...
Works begin in Ireland to exhume remains of hundreds of babies found at unwed mothers’ home
Officials in Ireland are starting work to excavate the site of a former church-run home for unmarried women and their babies ...
Ireland: Remains of 800 infants expected to be found in former home for unmarried mothers
The remains of nearly 800 infants and young children are expected to be found in a former church-run home for unmarried women ...
Historian who found Ireland's mass grave of babies was scorned in hometown
Catherine Corless, the historian who found the gravesite of nearly 800 babies and children beneath an Irish home for unwed ...
How Tuam, synonymous with a dark side of Irish history, can finally ‘do the right thing’
In recent years, the name of Tuam has become synonymous with an Ireland of the past - a place which treated children born outside of marriage, and the women who gave birth to them, as problems that ...
‘Dirty little secrets’: Ireland to begin long-awaited excavation of mother and baby home ‘mass grave’ site
A quiet, walled patch of grass in the middle of an Irish housing estate is set to reveal the latest disturbing chapter in ...
Ireland mother-and-baby-home scandal: Tuam excavation to start soon, uncovers dark history of children’s burial
A 2021 report found 9000 children died in Ireland's mother-and-baby homes.
796 Dead Babies At The Center Of Shocking Excavation At Religious Institution In Ireland
Authorities in Ireland have begun excavating a former Catholic-run mother and baby home in Tuam, where up to 796 children are ...