IRELAND
Herald
BY CAROLINE CRAWFORD – 07 JUNE 2014
DETECTIVES have visited the site where almost 800 babies are believed to be buried in a mass grave.
Two officers called to the site in Tuam, Co Galway, yesterday along with Frannie Hopkins (51) who found the mass grave when he was 12.
It is also feared that the bodies of nine women who died in the Tuam Mother and Baby Home may lie near the 796 infants buried in a septic tank in the grounds.
After meeting the detectives, Mr Hopkins went through in detail where he had discovered the bodies.
“They brought me up to the site and I showed them where it was and how we came across it. It was all quite informal and only took about 15 minutes,” he said.
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