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Highland Radio
Almost 800 dead babies and infants were found in a septic tank on the grounds of a former Mother and Baby Home just outside Tuam.
In a statament this evening, the Sisters says they’re shocked and deeply saddened by the discovery and say that all records were returned to the local authority when the home closed in 1961 and would now be with the HSE in Co. Galway.
The Minister for Children told the Dáil this evening that the mass grave in Tuam will not be the only one subject to investigation.
But Charlie Flanagan admitted he had no power to ensure a criminal investigation by the Gardaí:
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