'Initial testing' of burial plot at Bessborough Mother and Baby Home carried out

A nuns' burial plot at the grounds of the former Bessborough Mother and Baby Home has been "examined" but no geophysical survey has yet taken place at the site.

Speaking in the Dáil, children's minister Katherine Zappone said the Mother and Baby Homes Commission (MBCHOI) had carried out "initial testing" at the site which "may lead to more invasive test excavations" if necessary.