Opposition pushes Government to purchase Bessborough mother and baby home site

Opposition pushes Government to purchase Bessborough mother and baby home site

Holly Cairns raised the issue in the Dáil on Wednesday following similar calls on Tuesday.

Cork politician born at Bessborough mother-and-baby home warns CPO process he supports will be costly

Survivors of mother and baby institution must determine site’s future – minister

Sinn Féin’s Eoin Ó Broin said a decision to grant planning permission to build apartments on the site in Bessborough, Co Cork, was ‘appallin

‘No Building Over Bessborough’: Soda Blonde’s Faye O’Rourke and more announced for demonstration this weekend

Plans to develop the site have faced years of opposition from campaigners and survivors, arguing that parts of the land may contain undocume

Labour: "Government must CPO Bessborough and preserve it as a public memorial"

Labour leader Ivana Bacik says: “The decision today to grant planning permission on such a sensitive site is a hammer blow to all survivors

'Unbearable' - objectors hit out over plans for 400 homes

A new housing development plan has led to several objections from local residents.