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TUAM Mother and Baby Home Excavation Works to Begin...
TUAM Mother and Baby Home Excavation Works to Begin on Monday
The unique and incredibly complex excavation at the Tuam Mother and Baby Home is expected to take roughly 24 months.
IrishCentral 14 JUN 2025
Works to forensically excavate the site of the former Mother and Baby institution in Tuam, Co Galway, will start on Monday, 16 June the Office of the Director of Authorised Intervention, Tuam has confirmed.
The ODAIT said that families with relatives who were in the Tuam institution, as well as survivors of the institution, have already been informed about the timeline for the start of the excavation works. They will have an opportunity to view the site works as part of a Family and Survivors Day that ODAIT is holding in the coming weeks.
The ODAIT said it has been encouraging survivors and family members to visit the site before excavation commences on Monday, if they wish to do so. This is because, to protect the integrity of the examination, the site must be under forensic control and cannot be open to the public once work begins.
The ODAIT is an independent office established under the Institutional Burials Act 2022. ODAITs objectives are to recover and forensically analyse, and to memorialise and bury with respect and dignity, human remains recovered from the site of the former Mother and Baby Institution in Tuam, Co Galway.
From the start of works on 16th June, the entire site, including the Memorial Garden, will be accessible only to staff carrying out the works and 24 hour security monitoring will be in place, said Daniel MacSweeney, the lead of the ODAIT, said.
The initial four weeks will involve setting up the site, including the installation of 2.4 metre hoarding around the perimeter. These measures are necessary to ensure the sites forensic integrity and to enable us to carry out the works to the highest international standards that govern the excavation and recovery programme.
In addition, we are putting in a place plans to facilitate a day for family members and survivors to include a visit to the perimeter of the forensically controlled site to view the works being undertaken. This will take place in the coming weeks.
Any family members or survivors interested in joining the site visit are welcome to contact ODAIT
Tuam Orphanage: Children Of Shame
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBE6sk4AQUY
Human Remains Found Near Tuam Mother and Baby Home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsuvBdZd6Fc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVt7EoehaRk
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