Bessborough plan ‘inhuman’, Catherine Corless says at Tuam film premiere

The historian who uncovered the names of the 796 children who died in the Tuam mother and baby home said it is “atrocious” that a development got the go ahead on the grounds of Bessborough in Cork City.

Catherine Corless was speaking at the world premiere of The Lost Children of Tuam, which opened at the Galway Film Fleadh on Saturday. The film received a 10-minute standing ovation from the audience.

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