In the 1970s, two boys in Ireland discovered a pile of bones at a former mother and baby home. The mass grave, which could ...

A mass grave containing nearly 800 infants and young children is being excavated at a former mother and baby home in Ireland.

Prime Minister Micheál Martin issues a state apology. 2022 — Ireland passes the Institutional Burials Act, giving legal authority to excavate, recover, and identify remains from sites such as Tuam.

A mass grave containing the remains of nearly 800 infants and young children, some found within a defunct septic tank, has ...

TUAM, Ireland (AP) — This story begins with a forbidden fruit. It was the 1970s in this small town in the west of Ireland when an orchard owner chased off two boys stealing his apples.

TUAM, Ireland — This story begins with a forbidden fruit. It was the 1970s in this small town in the west of Ireland when an orchard owner chased off two boys stealing his apples.

Here is a timeline of developments related to Ireland’s network of mother and baby homes. 1846 — The Tuam workhouse opens on six acres to house 800 “inmates” who were destitute.

Catherine Corless, who discovered that nearly 800 children died at a mother and baby home in Tuam, Ireland, is seen with a ...

TUAM, Ireland — Only one stone wall remains of the old mother and baby home in this town, but it has cast a shadow over all of Ireland. A mass grave that could hold up to nearly 800 infants and ...