Preparatory work begins ahead of mass grave excavation at mother and baby home

The work at the burial site is being undertaken by the Office of the Director of Authorised Intervention, Tuam. Picture: Niall Carson/PA

Pre-excavation work on the site of a notorious former mother and baby home in Tuam in Co Galway has begun.

The preparatory phase, which will last around four weeks, comes ahead of the full-scale excavation of the site to try to identify the remains of infants who died at the home between 1925 and 1961.