'We are lost for words': Tuam survivor raises money to buy home in case missing son returns

Chrissie Tully: 'To think people really cared so much for my poor mother Chrissie, the story has really touched people’s lives,' her son Patrick said. Picture: Hany Marzouk

A 94-year-old survivor of the Tuam mother and baby home will be able to buy her Galway council home to leave to her son after her story made international headlines, helping to raise €70,000.

Last month, Christine “Chrissie” Tully from Loughrea, Co Galway, told the Irish Examiner she lived in fear she would die without ever meeting her missing son Michael.