The Deirdre O'Shaughnessy Podcast: Paving over Bessborough's missing babies

The granting of planning permission last week for 140 apartments on the site of Cork’s most infamous mother and baby institution has caused deep upset among survivors and relatives of those who were incarcerated in Bessborough.

Hundreds of babies died at Bessborough between 1922 and 1994, and the Mother and Baby Homes Commission found they were most likely buried on the sprawling grounds of the former institution. Their bodies have never been located, yet there are now plans to build on the site.

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