Anger at plans for 246 apartments on Bessborough land

Childrens teddys and toys along with flowers sit at the 'Little Angels' memorial plot in the grounds of Bessborough House in Blackrock, Cork. Picture: Laura Hutton/RollingNews.ie

Campaigners have expressed outrage over plans to build 246 apartments on land they believe overlaps a children’s burial site linked to a former mother and baby home.

The Cork Survivors and Supporters Alliance, which represents more than 50 families of children who died at the former mother and baby institution at Bessborough in Cork city, called on the developers, MWB Two Ltd, to withdraw their applications for a site close to the former Bessborough Mother and Baby Home until the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation’s final report is published.