Mother of Bessborough baby given leave for judicial review of coroner's decision

Cork City coroner refused to hold inquest into death of baby William, who died 37 days after he was born in 1960

Madeleine Bridget Marvier is challenging Cork City coroner's decision not to hold an inquest into the death of her baby boy in October 1960. File picture: Laura Hutton/RollingNews.ie

The mother of a baby who died six weeks after being born in the Bessborough Mother and Baby Home has been granted leave by the High Court to judicially review a decision by the Cork City coroner to not hold an inquest into the child's death.

The case was taken by Madeleine Bridget Marvier, who was admitted to Bessborough Mother and Baby Home in Cork on August 5, 1960, at the age of 17 years old. On October 26 of that year, she gave birth to a baby boy named William.