Expert outlines new search for human remains at Bessborough

Forensic archaeologist says, if human remains are found, excavation work should cease, the coroner and gardaí notified, and the site secured

A computer-generated image of the proposed residential developments earmarked for the former Bessborough mother and baby home in Cork.

A forensic archaeologist who has helped to recover the remains of ‘the Disappeared’ in the North has recommended a new search for human remains on the grounds of a former mother and baby home in Cork.

Aidan Harte, a senior team member with the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims Remains, was senior archaeologist for site investigations at Tuam and at Sean Ross Abbey on behalf of the Mother and Baby Home Commission of Investigation.