Access to the entire site is now closed off to the public, with 24-hour security also in place

The excavation will begin on Monday, some 11 years after research by local historian Catherine Corless revealed 796 children died at the institution

Children buried at former mother and baby home site ‘got no dignity in life and got no dignity in death’, sister says

Around 800 babies and young children are believed to be buried in former sewer at site of home run by Bon Secours religious order

Taoiseach condemns Russian invasion as frontline workers honoured at event

Effort to involve DNA identification process ‘on a scale never done before’ in Ireland, O’Gorman says

Ebb and flow of emigrant lives writ large at departures – festive chapter closes for diaspora

Umbrella group representing 25 snail farms, says that supporting sector is ‘a no-brainer’

HSE says falling case numbers among older people due to boosters a ‘cause for hope’

Businesses and recruiters struggle to find staff in a market that now favours the worker

Only those who spent over six months in mother and baby homes as infants eligible

Historian’s work is the subject of a documentary to be broadcast this week

Inspection into St Columba’s Hospital in Thomastown found ‘fire safety risks persist’

No explicit reference made to congregation’s role in running Tuam Mother and Baby Home

Maura McHugh recalls her fun-loving sister who was killed in the September 11th attacks

Net assets of one religious congregation found to be more than €1 billion in 2009

Survivor say evidence was misrepresented and call for accountability of commission

Gardaí appeal to anyone in Tuam with information to make contact

National Ambulance Service to double its capacity from next week to speed up vaccines to the housebound

Businessman and Rivada Networks’ case relates to item on US broadcaster about 5G proposal