Government will do 'anything reasonable within its power' to secure Bessborough services and jobs

The Taoiseach says the government will do "anything reasonable within its power" to secure the family support services and jobs at the Bessborough family centre in Cork which is facing closure within months.

Government will do 'anything reasonable within its power' to secure Bessborough services and jobs

The Taoiseach says the government will do "anything reasonable within its power" to secure the family support services and jobs at the Bessborough family centre in Cork which is facing closure within months.

But Leo Varadkar ruled out on constitutional grounds a suggestion from Solidarity TD Mick Barry of the nationalisation without compensation of the 40-acre campus which is owned by a religious order.

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