Catholic nuns ran an institution there between 1925 and 1961, housing women who had become pregnant outside of marriage and ...

Mother-and-baby homes' were institutions in Ireland where unmarried pregnant women and their children were housed. They were characterised by harsh conditions, high mortality rates and a lack of ...

Excavations have begun at the site of a former church-run mother-and-baby home in Ireland, where the remains of around 800 ...

A full forensic excavation on the site of the former mother and baby institution in Tuam, Co Galway, began on Monday morning.

Excavations begin today of an unmarked mass burial site at a former mother and baby home in western Ireland suspected of ...

The instituition housed women who had become pregnant outside of marriage and been shunned by their families. Read more at ...

At the Tuam facility—where young, unmarried women and girls were sent to deliver babies—some of the deceased infants were ...

An estimated 796 babies and children are believed to have been buried at the site of the St Mary's home in Tuam, County ...

Tomorrow morning, an excavation will begin in Tuam, County Galway, Ireland, which will likely provide a definitive ...

Forensic experts in Ireland have begun a landmark excavation at the grounds of the former St Mary’s Mother and Baby Home in ...

Nearly 800 babies died at St Mary’s in Tuam, a home for illegititmate children, who were left to die and then dumped as if ...

A team of forensic archaeologists and crime scene experts will next week begin excavating and trying to identify the remains ...