Tuam now. #tuambabies 
Katherine Zappone says she is in Tuam for “one more chance to hear your views”.
“It’s my hope that you accept that I come here tonight in good faith.
“No matter what decision is taken, I know it will not please everyone.
“Dr Geoffrey Shannon (advises) we have a duty from a human rights obligation to act.
“I am well aware that Tuam is more than this history. The former mother and baby home is part of that history but it is not all.”
Katherine Zappone says what happened in Tuam was “gender injustice”, says it was a crime against women.
Quotes Proust: “Love produces real geological upheavals of thought.”
Zappone: “The wounds and the hurt are in the present, not just in the past.”
Zappone says the wishes of local residents and those of the families are mutually exclusive.
Says there is a choice to be made between partial and full excavation.
Zappone: “I am well aware of the criticism of the consultative process that took place here.”
