Bessborough Land Battle and Tobacco Ban | Cork News

Cork News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 22, 2026 · 1m

Plans are advancing to build apartments on the haunting grounds of Bessborough, a former mother and baby home in Cork where thousands of women and children once lived—and where infant mortality rates soared, possibly including an unmarked mass grave. Survivors and advocates are outraged, calling the development a desecration of memory and demanding the state acquire the land for a memorial. Meanwhile, Ireland is considering a bold, generational smoking ban to eliminate tobacco use entirely, sparking wider debate about banning other harmful products like vaping and sunbeds to protect future…