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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Dominic McGrath

Work to identify buried babies at Tuam could begin by end of year

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Work at the site of the notorious Tuam mother and baby home could begin by the end of the year, as a new Bill to allow the exhumation and identification of bodies at such institutions enters the Irish parliament.

The Irish Government on Tuesday gave its backing to a long-awaited Bill it promised would deliver “dignity” to children buried at the site of the former mother and baby home.

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