Tender issued for experts to help recover remains of babies at Tuam mother and baby home

This is the next step of a long-awaited process to retrieve the remains of 796 children who died in the former Bons Secours home for mostly unmarried mothers in Tuam. Photo: Padraig O'Reilly

The team tasked with overseeing the recovery of remains of hundreds of babies believed to be buried in Tuam, Co Galway, is set to spend up to €5m on experts to assist with the operation.

The Office of the Director of Authorised Intervention Tuam has gone out to tender for qualified experts in a contract expected to last between one and two years, but can be extended to a third year given the complexity of the process.