'The exclusion is a fresh injustice. My sister is buried there, her memory matters' 

Forensic archaeologist Dr Niamh McCullough surrounded by media at the excavation site. Picture: RollingNews.ie

A survivor of the controversial Tuam mother and baby home searching for her sister who died there has criticised the government for not being “consulted or supported” so she could attend a family event at the burial site on Tuesday.

Margaret Byrne, who now lives in Vancouver in Canada, has broken her silence to speak for the first time about her late sister.