'The children were listened to': Survivors welcome Bessborough decision

An Bord Pleanála refused planning for 179 apartments amid concerns about the possible location of a children’s burial ground on the site
'The children were listened to': Survivors welcome Bessborough decision

A plaque on the wall of the folly on the lands of the former mother and baby home at Bessborough, Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan

“The children were listened to but we still have a way to go to get them justice.” 

That was the emotional reaction from one campaigner today following An Bord Pleanála's decision to refuse planning for 179 apartments on a portion of the former Bessborough mother and baby home estate in Cork City amid concerns about the possible location of a children’s burial ground on the site.

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