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Taoiseach Pushes for Bessborough Memorial Park | Cork News
Taoiseach Micheál Martin is stepping in to seize the former Bessborough mother and baby institution grounds, aiming to transform the 60-acre site into a healing memorial park — a cause survivors have long championed. With planning approval for 106 apartments recently granted, the move comes as a painful reminder of the 923 infants who died there, many buried in unknown graves. Survivors like Madeleine Walsh Marvier, whose son perished in 1960, welcome the government’s intervention but lament the delay. Over a thousand people rallied in Cork last weekend, showing overwhelming public support…
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