Cork City Council group to examine issues raised for it by mother and baby homes report

The Irish Examiner's front page image naming all the children known to have died at Bessborough mother and baby home projected on to Athlone Castle in Co Westmeath as part of the Herstory light show on St Brigid's Day. Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire

A working group is being set up by Cork City Council to consider issues which have arisen for the local authority following the publication of the mother and baby homes report.

Campaigners who represent survivors of the Bessborough mother and baby home in Cork City described the move as a step in the right direction.