Law to allow exhumation of mother and baby sites published

Bill allows for forensic excavation of remains at the former Tuam mother and baby home, where the bodies of almost 800 infants and young children are believed to have been buried

Mother and Baby Home survivor Carmel Larkin holding a baby's coffin in Tuam. Exhumation at the site may allow families identify loved ones through DNA identification.  Photo: Andy Newman

Long-awaited legislation to allow for excavation and exhumation of remains on mother and baby home sites has been published.

The bill, once passed, will allow for forensic excavation, recovery, and analysis of remains at the former Tuam mother and baby home, where the bodies of almost 800 infants and young children are believed to have been buried in a sewage tank.