Letters to the Editor: We fought Church, State, and my own mother to keep our son. We won 

A reader tells how she was forced into Bessborough mother and baby home in 1984, and how she and 'the love of her life' battled to keep their son, and went on to build their family together

The former mother and baby institution premises at Bessborough, Blackrock, Cork. Irish Examiner Archive picture: Dan Linehan

This is my story about Bessborough.

Treassa’s journey to Ireland began in May 1984. By August of that year, she met Joe — the man who would become the love of her life and her protector.