'We are the living witnesses of the atrocities': Appeal to stop building on Bessborough site

A woman who said she was 'incarcerated' in Bessborough has appealed to An Bord Pleanála to consider the 'humane perspective' as it considers a planning application for apartments on the site

Terri Harrison told the oral hearing into the housing project she lost her sense of identity in 1973 when, at the age of 18, she was 'taken from the UK and imprisoned in Bessborough'. File picture: Denis Scannell

A woman who said she was "incarcerated" in Bessborough has appealed to An Bord Pleanála to consider the “humane perspective” as it considers a planning application for apartments on the former mother and baby homes estate.

Terri Harrison told the oral hearing into the housing project that she lost her sense of identity in 1973 when, at the age of 18, she was “taken from the UK and imprisoned in Bessborough”.