Catherine Corless hits out at Tuam home process

Tuam babies campaigner Catherine Corless has hit out at the Government for focusing “on cost” rather than committing to a full forensic excavation, exhumation, and DNA testing of the remains at the Tuam site.

The historian, who found the names of the 796 children who died at the home, expressed her anger at the “callous and cold voting system” put in place by Galway County Council as part of an independent consultation process on the five options presented by the expert technical group advising the Government in how to manage the site. She has also written to Children’s Minister Katherine Zappone on the matter.

The options range from doing no further investigative work to a full forensic excavation and analysis of all human remains.