Tuam exhumation: 'Only the bones can tell us who they are and what happened to them'

Lists of the names of dead children at the grotto on an unmarked mass grave at the site of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home.

A leading humanitarian forensic specialist, who will play a key role in the forthcoming landmark intervention at the Tuam babies’ burial site, has said the “children’s bones will be able to tell their own story, if they are given a chance”. 

Oran Finegan will oversee the implementation of the forensic programme for the Tuam mother and baby home under the Director of Authorised Intervention.