Troubled Ground - Episode 1: The first ever mass grave exhumation gets underway

Irish Examiner podcast explores how local research into a hidden burial site sparked international outrage and official action

Troubled Ground is a two part Irish Examiner podcast that explores the historic exhumation of a mass grave at the site of the Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, Co Galway.

Troubled Ground is a two-part podcast that explores the historic exhumation of a mass grave at the site of the Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, Co Galway, involving the remains of 796 infants and children.

In Episode 1, reporter Alison O’Reilly meets local historian Catherine Corless, who first uncovered the existence of the burial site and whose research ultimately led to the excavation. Forensic experts describe the painstaking process of examining the site in search of lost remains.