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The story of how one woman discovered the secret which lay beneath the site of an old mother and baby home in the west of Ireland. Her discovery shocked the country and the world.

Becky Milligan tells the story of how one woman, in her sixties, discovered a secret which lay beneath the ground of an old Mother and Baby Home in the west of Ireland. Standing up to the state, church and local opposition, she doggedly went on until she found out the truth. It is a moving and shocking story which sparked headlines around the world.

Updated: weekly
Episodes available: indefinitely

Episodes to download

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    The Home Babies: The End For Now

    Fri 27 Jul 2018

    We hear from a girl who was sent to one of the mother and baby homes

  • The Home Babies: The State

    Fri 20 Jul 2018

    A leaked document implied the State knew more than it admitted about illegal adoptions

  • The Home Babies: The Church

    Fri 13 Jul 2018

    How did the Church react to the remains found at the former home for unmarried mothers?

  • The Home Babies: The Americans

    Mon 9 Jul 2018

    Some babies from Tuam's home for unmarried mothers were sent to America for adoption.

  • The Home Babies: The Survivors

    Fri 29 Jun 2018

    What is life like for two people born in the home for unmarried mothers

  • The Home Babies: Inside the home

    Fri 22 Jun 2018

    First hand accounts of the harsh life inside one of Ireland's mother and baby homes

  • The Home Babies: The Grave

    Thu 21 Jun 2018

    What should happen to the site where the remains were found?

  • The Home Babies: The Amateur Historian

    Thu 21 Jun 2018

    How a mass grave of babies was discovered at a former home run by nuns in Tuam, Ireland

  • The Home Babies: The Bones

    Thu 21 Jun 2018

    How a mass grave of babies was discovered at a home run by nuns in Tuam, Ireland

  • The Home Babies: The Wall

    Thu 21 Jun 2018

    How a grave of 800 infants was found at a former mother and baby home in Ireland

  • Welcome to The Home Babies

    Fri 15 Jun 2018

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