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Bessborough Burial Site Urged for Justice | Cork News
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Former minister Katherine Zappone warns that the Bessborough mother and baby home site in Cork is being rushed without proper archaeological safeguards, echoing her concerns from her time leading the Mother and Baby Homes Commission. She highlights the absence of ground-penetrating radar — used successfully at Tuam — and urges the state to apply the Institutional Burials Act to all potential burial grounds. Patricia Carey, Special Advocate for survivors, voices the anguish of mothers who still don’t know where their children rest, calling for reinvestigation, release of sealed records, and a compulsory purchase order to uncover remains. She demands the Taoiseach act to secure a court order for transparency and push for a dignified memorial for the lost lives at Bessborough.
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