Minister Zappone requests Tuam babies research

Children’s minister Katherine Zappone is requesting a copy of research which states that new advanced genomic technologies should allow for the identification of remains at the site of the former Tuam Mother and Baby Home.

A team of experts in genomics from University College Dublin and Trinity College have challenged the findings of Ms Zappone’s expert technical group (ETG) advising Government about managing the Tuam site.

The ETG had said that the “commingled” nature of the remains made it “particularly challenging to realistically isolate individual remains”.