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Abuse survivors need truth-telling process - Zappone

Minister for Children Katherine Zappone has said there is a need for a truth-telling process for victims and survivors of institutional abuse.
Ireland • 01 Nov 18

Thousands attend Tuam vigil and Dublin rally

At least 1,000 people gathered for a silent vigil in Tuam, Co Galway to remember the Tuam Babies this afternoon, while thousands also attended the Stand4Truth event in Dublin to show solidarity with victims of institutional abuse.
Pope Francis In Ireland • 26 Aug 18

Zappone assessing whether to fully excavate Tuam site

Minister for Children Katherine Zappone has said she is assessing whether to fully excavate the site of the former Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, or to conduct a more limited search.
Ireland • 23 Jul 18

Consultation being held on future of Tuam site

Former residents of the mother and baby home in Tuam will outline their views on the manner in which Galway County Council should deal with the discovery of remains on the site at a consultation event this afternoon.
Connacht • 08 Mar 18

Zappone urges cooperation on future of Tuam site

Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Katherine Zappone has said that money will not be the most relevant consideration when a final decision is taken on what will happen at the site of the former mother and baby home in Tuam, Co Galway.
Ireland • 12 Dec 17

Zappone receives report over mother and baby home site

The report of the Expert Technical Group dealing with the site of Tuam's former mother and baby home has been delivered to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Katherine Zappone.
Ireland • 13 Apr 18

Neary calls for detailed examination of church, state

The Catholic Archbishop of Tuam has called for a detailed examination of the role of the Church and the State in the running of mother and baby homes.
Religious and Social Affairs • 11 Mar 17

Tusla gives Tuam baby home records to Commission

The Child and Family Agency Tusla has confirmed that all records it has about the mother and baby home in Tuam, Co Galway, have been given to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes.
News • 10 Mar 17

Zappone wants 'transitional justice' approach

Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Katherine Zappone has said her department will spend a number of weeks considering how best to broaden the terms of reference of the Commission of Investigation into the Tuam Mother and Baby Home to include other institutions.
Commission of Investigation • 10 Mar 17

Irish Catholic church leader says Tuam find 'appalling'

Catholic Primate of Ireland Archbishop Eamon Martin has said the findings at the site of the Tuam mother and baby home "allows us to peer into the past" and it is a past that many in the church are ashamed of.
News • 09 Mar 17

474 infant remains given to medical schools, Dáil told

Minister for Children Katherine Zappone has referred in the Dáil to the 474 so-called "unclaimed infant remains" which were transferred from mother-and-baby homes to medical schools in Irish universities between 1940 and 1965.
News • 09 Mar 17

Tests sought on second site in Tuam

There have been calls for tests to be carried out at a former burial site in Tuam, where the Bon Secours sisters ran a hospital for many years.
News • 09 Mar 17

President hopes baby home inquiry will 'out the truth'

President Michael D Higgins has described the "horrifying" revelations of mass graves at the Tuam mother and baby home as another necessary step in "blowing open the locked doors of a hidden Ireland".
News • 08 Mar 17

No human remains found at Tuam site during 1970s works

Galway County Council has said there are no records to suggest human remains were discovered during the construction of a housing estate on the site of the former mother and baby home in Tuam.
News • 08 Mar 17

Claire Byrne Live - Tuam, Grace

Claire speaks to survivors of Ireland's residential institutions about what needs to happen next. The exclusive extended interview with the birth mother of 'Grace', the woman at the heart of the foster home abuse case
Claire Byrne Features • 07 Mar 17

Govt to consider adding more baby homes to inquiry

The possible involvement of more mother and baby homes around the country into the current Commission of Investigation is to be considered, a Government spokesperson has said.
News • 08 Mar 17

Man seeks records on sister who died at Tuam baby home

A solicitor for an elderly man, who is "extremely ill" with cancer, has asked the High Court to help him find out what happened to his baby sister after she was born at St Mary's mother and baby home in Tuam.
News • 07 Mar 17

Kenny says find of remains in Tuam 'truly appalling'

The Taoiseach has described as "truly appalling" the confirmation that significant quantities of human remains were found at the site of a former mother-and-baby home in Tuam in Co Galway.
News • 06 Mar 17

Residents of estate on Tuam baby home site meet council

Residents from the housing estate constructed on the site of the former mother-and-baby home in Tuam have been invited to a meeting to discuss this morning's revelations that a significant amount of human remains were found at the site.
News • 03 Mar 17

Human remains found at Tuam former mother-and-baby home

"Significant quantities" of human remains have been discovered at the site of the former mother-and-baby home in Tuam, Co Galway.
News • 03 Mar 17

Galway company to invest €5m and add 40 jobs

A shed manufacturing company in Co Galway is to recruit more than 40 new staff, as part of a €5m expansion.
Business • 16 Jan 17

Call for AG to order inquests for Tuam babies

There has been a call for the Attorney General to order inquests to be carried out into the deaths of children who died at the mother-and-baby home in Tuam, Co Galway.
News • 26 Sep 14

Judge Yvonne Murphy to chair homes inquiry

The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs has announced that Judge Yvonne Murphy will chair the Commission of Investigation into Church-run mother-and-baby homes.
Health • 16 Jul 14

60 jobs to go at Tuam optical manufacturer

Transitions Optical is to make 60 people redundant at its manufacturing facility in Tuam, Co Galway.
News • 18 Jun 14

Burial records pose challenge for inquiry

The scale of the task facing the forthcoming Commission of Investigation into mother-and-baby homes is apparent when the issue of infant burial is considered.
News • 11 Jun 14
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Tuam

Abuse survivors need truth-telling process - Zappone

Thousands attend Tuam vigil and Dublin rally

Zappone assessing whether to fully excavate Tuam site

Consultation being held on future of Tuam site

Zappone urges cooperation on future of Tuam site

Zappone receives report over mother and baby home site

Neary calls for detailed examination of church, state

Tusla gives Tuam baby home records to Commission

Zappone wants 'transitional justice' approach

Irish Catholic church leader says Tuam find 'appalling'

474 infant remains given to medical schools, Dáil told

Tests sought on second site in Tuam

President hopes baby home inquiry will 'out the truth'

No human remains found at Tuam site during 1970s works

Claire Byrne Live - Tuam, Grace

Govt to consider adding more baby homes to inquiry

Man seeks records on sister who died at Tuam baby home

Kenny says find of remains in Tuam 'truly appalling'

Residents of estate on Tuam baby home site meet council

Human remains found at Tuam former mother-and-baby home

Galway company to invest €5m and add 40 jobs

Call for AG to order inquests for Tuam babies

Judge Yvonne Murphy to chair homes inquiry

60 jobs to go at Tuam optical manufacturer

Burial records pose challenge for inquiry