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Sinn Féin Demands Land Buy for Mother and Baby Home Site | Cork News
Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald is urging the Taoiseach to allocate funds in Budget 2027 to buy the land of the former Bessborough mother and baby home — a site where over 18,000 mothers and babies lived between 1922 and 1998 — calling it a place of national significance. Meanwhile, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has already engaged Cork City Council to discuss the future of the 60-acre site, which now faces development plans for 106 apartments, despite a damning Commission of Investigation report revealing missing burial records for nearly all those buried there. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on…
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