Excavation works began last month, intending to recover and forensically analyse the remains of nearly 800 infants buried at the site, many of whom are believed to have been interred in a disused septic tank.

A restriction against flying drones over the site of a notorious former mother and baby home has been put in place in Tuam, Co Galway.

Patrick Naughton, 70, was reunited with his birth mother Christina ‘Chrissie’ Tully in 2013.

Last week, a report found only two of eight religious bodies linked to mother and baby homes offered to contribute to a survivor redress scheme.

The Department of Children had asked religious orders to pay €267 million towards the scheme.

The law is named after survivor and campaigner Philomena Lee, an Irish woman who undertook a 50-year search for her forcibly adopted son, Anthony.

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

More than 14,000 women and teenage girls passed through mother and baby homes, Magdalen institutions and workhouses.

The new documentary, Stolen, airs on RTÉ1 tonight, August 26

First Minister Michelle O’Neill officially announced the opening of a public consultation.

A stipulation that mothers or babies must have spent at least six months in a home to qualify has been described as ‘cruel’ by Sinn Féin.

Leo Varadkar was challenged about the exclusion of survivors who had been at an institution for less than six months from a compensation scheme.

A commemorative dedication to women affected by the mother and baby homes in Ireland, called ‘A Mother’s Voice’, takes place this Friday at the Triskel, writes COLETTE SHERIDAN

Labour TD Sean Sherlock said the 180-day minimum was ‘prescriptive’.

One hundred years ago, a grand mansion on the outskirts of Cork city became one of Ireland’s largest mother and baby institutions. Deirdre Finnerty's book tells the story of three remarkable women who survived Bessborough. Its author speaks with Donal O’Keeffe.

Police are investigating allegations of abuse at the institutions across Northern Ireland.

The Cabinet will examine a Bill on Tuesday to establish the body which will oversee the excavation of the site

The Mother and Baby Redress Scheme has let many survivors down, and the Government must be made aware of this, says CONRAD BRYAN

A two-part documentary on Ireland's Magdalene Laundries airs this week

The investigation into the shameful events of the past needs to be reflected upon by all in modern society, says MICK FINN, Independent city councillor for Cork South-Central Ward

Young women today have no idea what life was like in Ireland as recently as the 1970s, so says Colette Sheridan in her weekly column

A short play by the Cork founder of LipZinc Theatre Company explores the topic of children ill-treated in Mother and Baby homes, writes ELLIE O’BYRNE

In her weekly column Ailin Quinlan reflects on the Mother and Baby Homes report published this week