Bessborough campaigners to be honoured for 'bravery and determination'

Maureen Considine and Catherine Coffey O'Brien, who along with Ann O’Gorman, will accept the Spirit of Mother Jones Award on behalf of the Cork Survivors and Supporters Alliance. Picture: Dan Linehan

The campaigners who helped to save a mother and baby home children's burial site from development are to receive a special award for their “bravery and determination”.

Ann O’Gorman, Maureen Considine, and Catherine Coffey O’Brien will accept the Spirit of Mother Jones Award on behalf of the Cork Survivors and Supporters Alliance (CSSA) from the organisers of the Mother Jones Festival in Cork on Saturday.