After a decade of research and public ridicule, historian Catherine Corless has been vindicated as excavation begins at the former Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, County Galway, Ireland, where nearly 800 children’s remains were buried in a mass grave.
Yes, although the mass disposal of bodies in a septic system under the building was discovered in 2017 so it’s been known for awhile. The new part is that they’re finally being dug up, identified by DNA and/or matched with the death records if possible, and will be properly buried.