Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation
3 reports indexed, newest first.
January 2021
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Mother and baby homes report finds 9,000 children died
The commission's final report found about 9,000 children died in the 18 institutions examined, many of them run by Catholic orders, and described a deeply misogynistic culture.
March 2017
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Significant quantities of infant remains found at former Tuam home
The state commission confirmed test excavations found significant human remains in underground chambers at the former Tuam mother and baby home.
January 2015
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Ireland publishes terms of mother and baby homes inquiry
The Irish government set the terms of a commission to investigate 14 mother and baby homes and four county homes, prompted by the Tuam revelations.