The Latest Breaking News from Tuam

Possible mass baby graves at Mother and Baby Home site could be 'worse than Tuam'

A team of engineers who surveyed the Bon Secours plot in Tuam has reported similar anomalies at the Co Tipperary site which could be mass burial plots.

Irish Mirror · Jul 9, 2023

‘A stain on Ireland’s conscience’: identification to begin of 796 bodies buried at children’s home

Between 1925 and 1961, babies and children were interred in the home’s grounds, many in a septic tank

The Guardian - UK · Jun 25, 2023

'Give the Tuam babies the dignified burials they deserve' - Catherine Corless

The 796 babies and young children from the Tuam mother and baby home are missing, but nobody cared.

Irish Mirror · May 28, 2023

Colm Boyle column: Playing for Mayo against Galway realised my boyhood dreams - and nightmares

Leaving Tuam Stadium in 1999, I was hooked. I was only 12 but there was no turning back - playing for Mayo was something I had to do.

Irish Mirror · Apr 23, 2022

Sister 'enraged' as she calls for gardai to probe sibling's death at Tuam mother and baby home

Exclusive: “Yet again I’m told there’s nothing we can do. It’s historical, it’s too old. Not a single person has even been held to account for what went on in these institutions"

Irish Mirror · Apr 3, 2022

'Tell me how my two brothers died at Tuam mother and baby home'

A birth and death certificate for Anna’s brother John Desmond shows he was born healthy and almost 9lbs in weight, but at 13 months he was described as “emaciated”

Irish Mirror · Mar 6, 2022

Football brothers walking 'Rocky Road to Dublin' in honour of friend who died suddenly

The brothers are undertaking the long walk from Tuam to Ayrfield United in Coolock to keep alive the tireless work David did for football in Ayrfield and his adopted home in Laytown.

Dublin Live · Mar 2, 2022

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

Minister for Children and Equality, Roderic O’Gorman, published legislation to allow forensic excavations at the former mother and baby home.

The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2022