Staff say 'nuns have abandoned their founding purposes' as Cork centre for vulnerable to close

The religious order which owns the Bessborough campus in Cork City has been accused of abandoning its moral compass after confirming it plans to pull the plug on its involvement in the family centre which cares for vulnerable families and children.

The shock decision by The Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary leaves 105-staff at the family centre in limbo and casts a cloud of doubt over the future of the centre which works with up to 50 families a week. The creche is not affected.