Irish Government moves to unseal technical reports on Bessborough burials
The Irish Cabinet has approved a High Court application to unseal technical archaeological reports on burials at the former Bessborough mother and baby institution.
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Children's minister Norma Foley secured Cabinet approval on Tuesday to apply to the High Court to unseal technical archaeological reports concerning the former Bessborough mother and baby institution, irishexaminer.com reported. The Irish Government plans to make the application in order to search for and publish technical documents about burials on the Cork site. [1]
According to irishexaminer.com, the burial records of hundreds of children and women from the institution remain missing. Bessborough operated as the largest mother and baby institution in Ireland between 1922 and 1998. [1]
Mother and baby homes operated in Ireland during the twentieth century, including the Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, County Galway, which was open from 1925 to 1961. Historian Catherine Corless uncovered that 796 infants and children had died at the Tuam facility, where a 2017 excavation confirmed the presence of juvenile remains. [2]
In short
- Minister Norma Foley secured Cabinet approval to ask the High Court to unseal technical reports on Bessborough burials.
- Bessborough was the largest mother and baby institution in Ireland and operated from 1922 to 1998.
- Burial records for hundreds of children and women at Bessborough remain missing.
Sources
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- [1]Move to open sealed Bessborough burial documentsirishexaminer.com, 2h ago (the report this story comes from)
Background
- [2]Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home on Wikipedia
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