Survivor's burial claim reignites questions over missing children at Bessborough

A woman born in Bessborough in the 1950s says that, as a child, she witnessed an illegal burial on the grounds of the notorious Cork mother and baby institution
Therese ‘Terry’ Meyer spent her first four years in Bessborough mother and baby home in Cork, where she claims she witnessed an illegal burial. File picture

Therese ‘Terry’ Meyer spent her first four years in Bessborough mother and baby home in Cork, where she claims she witnessed an illegal burial. File picture

Although it is now more than six decades ago, Therese ‘Terry’ Meyer is adamant that she saw a baby’s body being buried in the grounds of a Cork City mother and baby institution.

Last week, An Coimisiún Pleanála substantially upheld Cork City Council’s February decision to grant planning to Estuary View Enterprises for apartments at Bessborough.

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