00:01Work has begun at the site of a former church-run home for unmarried mothers in Ireland.
00:07To recover and identify the remains of around 800 children buried there.
00:11Shunned by their families, the women were sent here to give birth after becoming pregnant outside of marriage.
00:17It's been an emotional rollercoaster. We're almost a month into this emotional rollercoaster I've been on.
00:25Today I consider, I said it last week as well, it's a small light at the end of a very long tunnel.
00:31And hopefully Chum will be the expose. 9,000 children were listed as dead in the commission report.
00:41Chum is only the tip of the iceberg and I always believe if we can get Chum right, everything else should follow.
00:48Tens of thousands of Irish women were sent to so-called mother and baby homes during the 20th century.
00:54And were often forced to give up their children.
00:57The last of these nationwide institutions did not close until 1998.
01:03Work at the site in Galway is expected to take two years to complete.
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