The Office of the Director of Authorised Intervention, Tuam (ODAIT) said the excavation continues to recover material and objects from the four phases of the site’s history.

The full-scale excavation of the site of St Mary’s mother and baby home in Tuam, Co Galway will try to identify the remains of infants who died.

Rosaleen ‘Rosie’ McKinney had said that she lost the hearing in her right ear from a beating she got from a nun.