Anna Corrigan emotional at the Tuam site, where her brothers are believed buried. The excavation's preliminary work concluded, and families visited. Corrigan emphasized 9,000 children lost in Irish homes, highlighting Tuam as just a part of the issue. She expressed hope for the children's voices to be heard. During her visit, she read a letter reflecting her family's hardships. She stated the children and mothers were denied human rights and dignity, noting recovery of her brothers' remains would provide closure and truth for her family.
"We never thought this day would come. I see this day as a small light at the end of a big tunnel."
"There are 9,000 children lost in homes in Ireland and that's only the ones that were examined. So Tuam is the tip of the iceberg, and we do hope that every child's voice is heard, because I think they've been crying for a long time."
"These children were denied every human right in their lifetime, as were their mothers. They were denied dignity in life, and they were denied dignity and respect in death."
"If they find that they are there, it's the answer, it's the truth. I can go to my mother's grave, and I can tool 'predeceased by her sons John and William'. That is the closure, that is the answer, and that is the truth we're looking for."
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