Selling Bessborough will lead to job losses in vital services

In the past 20 years, €30m in State funding has been spent in Bessborough to maintain and upgrade the site.

AT least 40 jobs are at risk at Bessborough Centre, which will result in the loss of a number of vital services, as the building is to be sold by the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, writes Roisin Burke

The 35-acre estate accommodates the Bessborough Centre, which delivers a range of services to vulnerable families and children, as well as running a creche and providing a wide range of employment supports services. The centre, under the patronage of the Sisters, employs 95 staff.