Oral hearing on proposed apartment plan for Bessborough mother and baby site begins

Online hearing into proposed development of 179 apartments on former Bessborough lands has focused on historic maps which campaigners claim show part of the development site overlaps a 'childrens’ burial ground'

Computer-generated image of the proposed residential developments, including the strategic housing development Gateway View, which has been earmarked for a parcel of land on the former Bessborough estate in Cork.

An Bord Pleanála has opened an oral hearing on Wednesday over plans to build apartments on a former mother and baby home estate in Cork.

The online hearing into the proposed strategic housing development (SHD) of 179 apartments on a privately-owned site on former Bessborough lands has focused on historic maps which campaigners claim show part of the development site overlaps a "childrens’ burial ground’".