Daniel Macsweeney News Today

One of the first people Daniel MacSweeney met after his appointment as the Director of Authorised Intervention at Tuam last July was John Higgins.

Annette McKay was speaking following the first meeting of the advisory board to the director of the exhumation of the Tuam babies

The sister of a baby girl who died at Tuam mother and baby home has said she feels compelled to be “a voice and a champion” in her role on an advisory board overseeing the excavation of the site where nearly 800 infants were buried.

The sister of a baby girl believed to be among the Tuam babies has said she will not be a “silent voice” in her role on an advisory board overseeing the excavation of the site.

The board is made up of several experts, as well as a former resident and a family member of a person believed to be buried there

Peter Mulryan, a survivor of the institution, is among those on the new board.

The centre on Dublin's Sean McDermott Street is expected to include a museum space and a national research centre

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Like many of the now-elderly former residents of the home, Chrissie hops the promised excavation of the site will allow her to discover her son’s final resting place and give her closure

A plan is in place for the long-awaited excavation of the burial site, with digging set to begin next year