Exhumation of Tuam babies' mass grave to begin in June, confirms intervention director

In 2014, local historian Catherine Corless uncovered the names of 796 children who died in the religiously run home from 1925 to 1961. Picture: Padraig O'Reilly

The long-awaited exhumation of the Tuam babies' mass grave will get underway in June, the Director of the Authorised Intervention has revealed.

A statement issued on Tuesday morning on behalf of Daniel MacSweeney, who is leading the works in Co Galway, said the intervention – the first of its kind in Ireland – “is due to start in the second half of June this year, pending the appointment of the excavation contractor.”