NORTHERN IRELAND
BBC News
The leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland has backed a call by Amnesty International for an inquiry into mother-and-baby homes in Northern Ireland.
The call came after “significant human remains” were found at the site of a former home in the Republic of Ireland.
The home was run by the Bon Secours order of nuns in Tuam, County Galway.
The bodies ranged from premature babies to three year olds.
The discovery was made as part of an investigation into claims by a local historian that up to 800 babies and young children died at the home and were buried in unmarked graves.
Amnesty International has said that archaeological surveys should be carried out at all former mother-and-baby homes in Northern Ireland.
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