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<p>Elaine Loughlin: For decades, the infants who perished in mother and baby homes were treated as lesser, now officialdom threatens to dehumanise them yet again.</p>
Elaine Loughlin: Campaign to stop a literal digging up of a painful past
An Bord Pleanála will decide this week whether part of Bessborough land should be turned into housing. How in 2021 is a plan to build on a suspected mass infant burial site even being considered?

Tue, 20 Apr, 2021

<p>The listed red-brick St Kevin’s Hospital was gutted in a suspected arson attack in July 2017.</p>
Plans to build 266 homes on landmark Cork City site approved 
The project will see 46 houses and 220 apartments built on the 14-acre St Kevin’s hospital site in Shanakiel, overlooking the Lee Fields, just west of the city centre

Mon, 19 Apr, 2021

<p>An artist's impression of the proposed development at the former St Kevin's Hospital site in Cork. Picture:  Cork_CGI</p>
First homes at major Cork housing development available within two years
Planning was granted yesterday for the 266-unit development at the former St Kevin's site in Shanakiel, north-west of the city centre.

Tue, 20 Apr, 2021

<p> The former Sisters of Mercy convent which was gutted by fire in Skibbereen, West Cork, on September 29, 2021. Picture Dan Linehan</p>
Green light for €10m development to convert fire-hit convent in Skibbereen
Four-storey apartment block planned, along with row of terraced houses

Tue, 20 Apr, 2021

<p>The developers behind apartments planned on former Bessborough lands will tell An Bord Pleanála they are happy to conduct more site investigations to establish the presence or absence of human remains. Picture Larry Cummins</p>
Bessborough developers 'happy' to  conduct more investigations for human remains
Bord Pleanala to begin oral hearing into contentious apartments plan

Tue, 20 Apr, 2021

<p>Glanbia has welcomed the decision by the High Court to grant planning permission for its new cheese plant in Co Kilkenny. File Picture.  </p>
Glanbia gets the green light for new cheese plant in Kilkenny
An Taisce says it will ‘determine’ if there are grounds to appeal decision

Tue, 20 Apr, 2021

<p>The Land Development Agency has received planning permission for 266 homes and an enterprise centre at the former St. Kevins Hospital in Cork. Picture Dan Linehan</p>
How Cork's St Kevin's will be transformed into a ‘vibrant residential community’
It’s not often the northside gets to look down on the southside, but whoever ends up living in the high reaches of Shanakiel, on lands once home to a now-derelict Victorian mental asylum, will have, arguably, the best city view in Cork.

Thu, 22 Apr, 2021

<p>Experts have rejected claims that a children's burial ground overlaps land earmarked for apartments on a former mother and baby home estate in Cork. Picture: Denis Scannell</p>
Experts say maps do not show burial grounds on site of Bessborough housing project
Bord Pleanála oral hearing told childrens’ burial ground does not overlap land earmarked for 179 apartments on a former mother and baby home estate

Wed, 21 Apr, 2021

<p>15 Usher’s Island, known as James Joyce’s House of The Dead. It is set to be turned into a 54-bed hostel. File picture: Gareth Chaney</p>
An Bord Pleanála approves hostel on site of James Joyce's House of The Dead
More than 100 leading figures from the worlds of literature, film, and academics had opposed the move, which they said would 'destroy an essential part of Ireland's cultural heritage'

Wed, 21 Apr, 2021

<p>Computer-generated image of the proposed residential developments, including the strategic housing development Gateway View, which has been earmarked for a parcel of land on the former Bessborough estate in Cork.</p>
Oral hearing on proposed apartment plan for Bessborough mother and baby site begins
Online hearing into proposed development of 179 apartments on former Bessborough lands has focused on historic maps which campaigners claim show part of the development site overlaps a 'childrens’ burial ground'

Wed, 21 Apr, 2021

<p>As part of his appeal, Harry Crosbie stated that the warehouse is part of the Vicar Street venue and is in use every day for truck loading and gear storage.</p>
Harry Crosbie wins vacant site tax battle over Vicar Street
Businessman Harry Crosbie has emerged victorious in a vacant site tax battle with Dublin City Council over a site valued at €1m.

Thu, 22 Apr, 2021

<p> The entrance to the site where MVB Two Ltd has sought an application for planning permission at Ballinure, Blackrock, Cork on the lands of the former mother and baby home at Bessborough. Picture: Dan Linehan</p>
Expert: Map shows location of Bessborough children's burial ground
Land is earmarked for apartments

Fri, 23 Apr, 2021

<p>Terri Harrison told the oral hearing into the housing project she lost her sense of identity in 1973 when, at the age of 18, she was 'taken from the UK and imprisoned in Bessborough'. File picture: Denis Scannell</p>
'We are the living witnesses of the atrocities': Appeal to stop building on Bessborough site
A woman who said she was 'incarcerated' in Bessborough has appealed to An Bord Pleanála to consider the 'humane perspective' as it considers a planning application for apartments on the site

Thu, 22 Apr, 2021

<p>A computer-generated image of the planned new housing development by Glenveagh Properties on the Live at the Marquee site. Picture: Pedersen Focus</p>
Planning granted for 1,000 new homes on Cork's Live at the Marquee site
Development involves the construction of 12 buildings some up to 14 storeys high.

Thu, 22 Apr, 2021

<p>MVB Two is seeking permission to build apartments on lands of the former Bessborough mother and baby home in Blackrock, Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan</p>
Planners urged to 'rectify' the wrongs of Bessborough by refusing permission
Final day of the oral hearing into proposed development on lands of the former mother and baby home in Cork

Fri, 23 Apr, 2021

<p>Owenahincha Beach in West Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan</p>
Plans blocked to demolish hotel in Owenahincha to build houses
Developers had sought permission to knock down derelict buildings of the hotel, which closed over 30 years ago.

Mon, 26 Apr, 2021

<p>Ringaskiddy, Co Cork, where the €160m incinerator had been planned. File picture:  Larry Cummins</p>
High Court to decide if An Bord Pleanála should reconsider Cork incinerator bid
Judge noted CHASE wants permission quashed with no remittal but Indaver wants the matter remitted and the board’s reconsideration to start at a particular point in the process

Tue, 27 Apr, 2021

<p>Derra Farms is seeking to demolish an existing smaller piggery on the site to allow for the construction of a larger pig-rearing facility with a capacity for 4,224 animals. Picture: Daragh Mac Sweeney/Provision</p>
East Cork piggery on hold as seven parties lodge appeal
Darina Allen among objectors to Ballymacoda construction, with 3,400 people signing petition opposing Derra Farms' plans

Wed, 05 May, 2021

<p>An exploratory drilling rig carries out a feasibility study of the seabed to assess its suitability for the proposed Celtic Interconnector at Claycastle, Youghal, in 2018 Picture: David Creedon / Anzenberger</p>
EirGrid sets up Cork community fund for €1bn interconnector project
The companyhas announced a special community fund of €2.4m – its biggest ever – for local enhancement projects in East Cork as part of its €1bn plan to bring electricity into the country from France

Wed, 28 Apr, 2021

<p>An Bórd Pleanála went against its own inspector’s recommendation to grant permission for the waste transfer and recycling facility and voted by a margin of 2:1 to refuse permission to Country Clean Recycling Unlimited for the development at Courtstown Industrial Estate.</p>
Waste facility in Cork's Little Island refused
The facility attracted more than 100 submissions opposing the development.

Fri, 30 Apr, 2021

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