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Last year, there was a broad welcome from survivors of mother and baby homes when An Bord Plean\u00e1la rejected a Strategic Housing Development within the estate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was on the basis that the board was not satisfied the site had not previously been used as a children\u2019s burial ground. It\u2019s important to note that the Commission of Investigation was only able to establish the burial place of 64 children at Bessborough, meaning the remains of over 850 children are unaccounted for.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile this latest planning application relates to a different site within the estate, it has been greeted with understandable frustration by the Cork Survivors and Supporters Alliance. I fully support their calls for no planning permission to be permitted at Bessborough.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny attempt to develop a site within the grounds of this shameful institution will be considered inappropriate and insensitive until such a time that the full truth is uncovered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>November 17, 2022<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New planning application is deeply insensitive to survivors and deceased children\u00a0 Social Democrats TD Holly Cairns has expressed her opposition to the latest planning application for the former Bessborough mother and baby home estate in Cork city. \u201cI am completely opposed to plans for over 90 apartments by MWB Two Ltd on the Bessborough lands. 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