The Irish Times

State urged to buy Cork site where babies from home may be buried

Survivors say Bessborough land should be bought following refusal of housing plan

Tue Dec 14 2021 - 18:26

Granting Bessborough planning would run counter to government policy, hearing told

Developers say they would facilitate and fund a memorial on site of former mother and baby home

Sat Apr 24 2021 - 12:04

Bessborough site should never be built on, Cork councillors tell hearing

An Bord Pleanála hearing into application to build 179 apartments on site has ended

Fri Apr 23 2021 - 21:27

Mother and Baby Homes should be preserved, says survivor

Bessborough housing project planning appeal urged to listen to the voices of women

Fri Apr 23 2021 - 08:01

No evidence of human remains in test trenches at Bessborough, planning hearing told

Experts called by developers of apartments on grounds of former Mother and Baby Home

Thu Apr 22 2021 - 11:20

Bessborough: Planning board must address concerns, says Minister

Construction of 179 apartments believed to impact children’s burial site on grounds

Thu Apr 22 2021 - 07:23

Planned housing at Bessborough an ‘insult’ to those who died there, hearing told

Site should be ‘handed over to the State’ as permanent memorial, says support group

Wed Apr 21 2021 - 22:11

Bessborough home development plans to undergo oral hearing

Fears that building will encroach on burial ground at former mother and baby home

Fri Mar 26 2021 - 13:34

Planning for apartments on Bessborough mother and baby home site is refused

Cork City Council rejects development due to historic landscape of site where over 900 babies died

Tue Feb 02 2021 - 17:25

Bessborough developers urged to retain forensic archaeologists during site works

Expert advises proper supervision in case infant remains found if planning is granted

Mon Jan 25 2021 - 01:00

Bessborough campaign group calls for hearing into proposed development at site

Cork Survivors and Supporters Alliance is concerned site may contain infant remains

Mon Jan 25 2021 - 01:00

Call for stay on housing plan for Bessborough as search for graves continues

Commission could only find burial locations for 64 of 923 infants who died at Cork home

Thu Jan 14 2021 - 20:45