The historian responsible for uncovering the records of children at the site of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home, says she’s ‘horrified’ at the 11 year wait for answers.
In 2014 Catherine Corless discovered death certificates of nearly 800 children who died while in the home, but had no burial plot.
Two years later, evidence of human remains were uncovered, with a formal excavation due to start in 2024.
The commencement date has now been pushed to mid-June, with an independent contractor yet to be appointed.
Ms Corless is welcoming the development, but says the long wait shows a lack of political will;
