Gardaí have taken over a house at the centre of rape and murder allegations as they prepare to dig a garden for the remains of two newborns reported to have been buried there.

Adoption campaigners have again expressed concerns that tens of thousands of people could be excluded from the mother and baby home inquiry.

A leading archaeologist said there are "definite physical indications" there could be unmarked shallow graves in the grounds of the Bessborough mother and baby home.

For Cathy Deasy it was a bittersweet day.

Graveyards for unbaptised children are scattered throughout Ireland. Now, towns and villages are reclaiming these lonely and forgotten burial places writes Carl Dixon