Inquest into every Tuam death needed for 'the requirements of the law and humanity'

Dr Geoffrey Shannon advised the Government that DNA samples can be speedily taken by way of a voluntary administrative scheme and without the need for new legislation.

Only a coroner's inquest into the death of each child who died in the Tuam Mother and Baby Home will "meet the requirements of the law and humanity".

That is according to the Tuam Home Survivors Network, which was reacting to the publication of a report by Dr Geoffrey Shannon on the possibility of collecting DNA samples from survivors and relatives of those who died in the Tuam Mother and Baby Home.