Minister wants mother and baby homes and burial sites zoned appropriately

Developers were refused permission for 179 apartments on the former Bessborough estate in Cork City amid concerns about the possible location of a children’s burial ground on the development site.

Children's Minister Roderic O'Gorman is writing to the housing minister to make sure mother and baby home lands and burial sites are appropriately zoned in local development plans.

Mr O'Gorman is asking Darragh O'Brien to directly encourage local authorities, or if possible to instruct them through a circular, to put specific protections in place for these burial sites in their development plans.