Chris Page

It follows a major legacy investigation, Operation Newham, which examined 125 murders in the 1970s.

As investigators prepare to dig at an unmarked mass baby grave in Tuam, County Galway, Ireland is once again confronting it's dark and difficult past. BBC News looks at the decades-long wait for the truth of what happened at Tuam - as told by the people who lived it.

Excavators are to begin a full investigation at the site of a former children's home.

The exhumations are being carried out at the former site of an institution for unmarried mothers.

The records will be preserved in a permanent archive - aimed at providing relatives and survivors with the opportunity to research their past in a single location.

President Michael D Higgins will step down from the role when his term ends later this year.

Mr Justice Lynch said troops had "lost all sense of military discipline" but cast doubt on the level of evidence provided on who fired the shots.

After 53 years of controversy and campaigning, the criminal process has ended with no conviction.

Excavators say it will take time to determine if the remains date from the time of a former mother-and-baby home at Tuam.

Law enforcement agencies in Ireland and the US believe he is a leading figure in the Kinahan Organised Crime Group.