Tuam babies exhumation begins as forensic team investigates burial site of 796 children

A memorial left at the site of the former Mother and Baby institution in Tuam, Co Galway.

The exhumation of the Tuam babies burial site got underway at 10.38am on Monday, the Director of Authorised Intervention in Tuam has confirmed.

The site is believed to contain the remains of at least 796 children who died in the former mother and baby home that was operated by the Bon Secours Sisters order between 1925 and 1961.