Public told 'bring a shovel' to protest excavation delay at Tuam Mother and Baby Home

Catherine Corless and Margaret Gannon at the vigil 'A Little Light of Love', at Lough Lannagh in Castlebar, Co Mayo, last November, in memory of all the children who died in the Tuam Mother and Baby Home. Picture: Alison Laredo

The sister of one of the babies believed to be buried in a mass grave in Tuam, Co Galway, has called on the public to “bring a shovel” to the site to protest delays over the excavation.

Annette McKay’s sister Mary Margaret O’Connor is one of 796 children who died at the mother and baby home while in the care of the Bon Secours order and Galway County Council.