BEHIND THE BIG CRIME

A couple on the run led police to a horrifying discovery

Four views of modern maternity

SELINA positioned the six-week-old baby in the soft, knitted cocoon she used for the purpose. She smiled at the little boy, having a photo shoot with his proud parents. As a younger woman she’d relish

At St Mary’s Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, Co. Galway, the bodies of hundreds of infants born to unmarried mothers were dumped in a disused sewer. Now, thanks to the heroic efforts of one woman, they will be given a proper burial.

After an incredibly difficult birth and a challenging start to motherhood, Brigitte had a brilliant idea…