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BBC News
29-04-2025
- General
- BBC News
Tuam: Excavation of former mother-and-baby institution to begin this year
The agency in charge of the excavation of the former mother-and-baby institution at Tuam in County Galway has said work is due to start in the second half of 2016, investigators found what they described as "significant quantities of human remain" in underground confirmed the bodies were those of babies and children up to three years in leader of the current team, Daniel McSweeney, said: "Substantial and meaningful planning has gone into this unique and incredibly complex excavation." The Office of the Director of Authorised Intervention Tuam (ODAIT) said the work would go ahead pending the appointment of the excavation institution for unmarried mothers and their children was run by the Bon Secours Sisters and closed in past of the home came to international attention when a local historian, Catherine Corless, discovered that there were death certificates for 796 children and infants but no burial Irish government set up a Commission of Investigation into the network of mother-and-baby institutions, which later said the chambered structure containing the children's remains at Tuam was in a disused sewage tank. 'Forensically sealed' The excavation team will aim to identify as many of the remains as McSweeney said the exact start date would be confirmed in said: "Our work is centred around the people and groups who have been most impacted by the former mother-and-baby institution in Tuam."This includes families, survivors and the Tuam community."Our work will be conducted in accordance with international standards and best practice, and in keeping with our core values."He explained the process would take place in two parts, and further details of the forensic approach would be shared at the start of the McSweeney said: "As the site will be forensically sealed at all times during the excavation, we are hoping to facilitate on-site visits for survivors and family members at the beginning of the excavation."Preparatory surveys began at the site last McSweeney was appointed in 2023, he previously worked around the world for the International Commission of the Red Cross.
Yahoo
08-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
'Disappointing' compensation for mother-and-baby home survivors
The Irish government has said that five out of eight religious organisations have not offered any contribution to a compensation scheme to survivors of institutions for unmarried mothers, following a negotiation process. A report on the negotiation, which lasted for 20 months, has been published. The government has accepted a cash contribution of around €13m (£11.1m) from the Bon Secours Sisters. It is considering an offer of a building from the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. Major findings of NI mother-and-baby homes report Mother-and-baby home survivors advised of deadline The Sisters of St John of God offered a conditional donation of €75,000 (£64,000) to be used as a donation towards a charitable purpose associated with survivors. The other five religious bodies did not offer anything. The Minister for Children, Disability and Equality, Norma Foley, said she was "deeply disappointed". Given that the negotiator could not compel the bodies to offer contributions, she said that she would ask the Irish Attorney General to consider if the government had any further options in that regard.
BBC News
08-04-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Mother-and-baby homes: Lack of compensation from five institutions 'disappointing'
The Irish government has said that five out of eight religious organisations have not offered any contribution to a compensation scheme to survivors of institutions for unmarried mothers, following a negotiation process. A report on the negotiation, which lasted for 20 months, has been published. The government has accepted a cash contribution of around €13m (£11.1m) from the Bon Secours Sisters. It is considering an offer of a building from the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. The Sisters of St John of God offered a conditional donation of €75,000 (£64,000) to be used as a donation towards a charitable purpose associated with survivors. The other five religious bodies did not offer anything. The Minister for Children, Disability and Equality, Norma Foley, said she was "deeply disappointed". Given that the negotiator could not compel the bodies to offer contributions, she said that she would ask the Irish Attorney General to consider if the government had any further options in that regard.
