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The Controversial Plan to Build Housing on Site of the Bessborough Mother and Baby Home

Another 36 infant remains have been recovered at Tuam — bringing the total found there to 69 si...

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01.01 14 Apr 2026


The Controversial Plan to Build Housing on Site of the Bessborough Mother and Baby Home


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01.01 14 Apr 2026


Another 36 infant remains have been recovered at Tuam — bringing the total found there to 69 since excavations began last year. 

 At the same time, a separate site is coming under renewed scrutiny.  

 Planning permission has been granted for housing on lands linked to the former Bessborough Mother and Baby Home in Cork — where women and hundreds of children are still unaccounted for.

Ciara is joined by Maeve O’Rourke Senior Lecturer in Human Rights Law at the University of Galway, who is also one of the campaigners behind Bessborough


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