Bessborough: 'We stop building if we find Viking remains. These babies died into the 1990s'

Cork mother and baby home site has been approved for 140 apartments. But today a survivor told a vigil that 'it’s an attempt to concrete over an inconvenient history'
Bessborough: 'We stop building if we find Viking remains. These babies died into the 1990s'

Carmel Cantwell holding a teddy bear bearing the name of her deceased infant brother William during Sunday's vigil at Bessborough, the site of a Cork City mother and baby home. Picture: Chani Anderson

Sun, 08 Mar, 2026 - 19:57
Sarah Horgan

A rally held in opposition to plans for 140 apartments on the site of the former Bessborough mother and baby home has heard the proposal is an "attempt to concrete over the past".

Cork City Council gave the green light recently to Estuary View Enterprises 2020, despite three previous refusals, to build 140 apartments on the site. 

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