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 a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/635a9a500fc4f12c