In the 1970s, two boys in Ireland discovered a pile of bones at a former mother and baby home. The mass grave, which could contain the remains of nearly 800 infants, has led to a national ...

TUAM, Ireland (AP) — This story begins with a forbidden fruit. It was the 1970s in this small town in the west of Ireland when an orchard owner chased off two boys stealing his apples. The ...

In the 1970s, two boys in Ireland discovered a pile of bones at a former mother and baby home. The mass grave, which could contain the remains of nearly 800 infants, has led to a national reckoning.

The youngsters avoided being caught by clambering over the stone wall of the derelict Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home. When they landed, they discovered a dark secret that has grown to haunt Ireland.