Sacred Heart Sisters apologise to mothers and babies who did not get care they needed

Plaque remembering the babies, women and girls on the Greenway between Rochestown and Blackrock near the walk-over the Southlink motorway at back of Bessborough house in Cork. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

The Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary, who ran Bessborough Mother and Baby Home in Cork, have apologised for not providing the care and support to those who needed it and expressed “regret” and “great sorrow” over the high number of infants who died in their care.

The congregation welcomed the “difficult, detailed and informing work” of the Mother and Baby Home Commission of Investigation, which published its final report on Tuesday.