Staff call on state to intervene as Bessborough family services face closure

Staff at the Bessborough campus in Cork city have called on the state to step in to secure the family services which face closure within months.

Staff representatives have sought meetings with political leaders to discuss the fall-out from the shock announcement this week by the religious order which owns the site that it is pulling the plug on its involvement in the Bessborough family centre which provides a range of services to vulnerable families and children.