Corkman reveals how 'Angels of Bessborough' helped women flee mother and baby home

“I will always be sorry for those who didn’t get away and when it all came out a few years ago, I remember thinking, we knew that was going on, everyone knew. But some tried to help”.

John Furlong: “We knew what was happening, I saw it myself. I saw nuns coming to the gate of Bessborough and parents collecting babies from them." Picture: Denis Minihane

A 92-year-old man has spoken for the first time about how he was part of a group of people who helped women escape from Bessborough Mother and Baby Home.

John Furlong was one of around 10 people who ran an unofficial group that relocated women who wanted to flee from the notorious Catholic institution.