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Infant burials likely to have happened at Bessborough - report
- Irish News
- January 25, 2021, 01:00
It is likely that infant burials took place at Bessborough in Cork even though no evidence has been found of systematic burials there, the Commission (...)

Bessborough campaign group calls for hearing into proposed development at site
- Irish News
- January 25, 2021, 01:00
A campaign group set up to represent the families of infants who died in the Bessborough mother and baby home in Cork have called for an oral hearing (...)

Man charged with firearms offences after gardaí find revolvers in Cork house
- Crime & Law
- January 23, 2021, 16:43
A 60-year-old man has been remanded on bail on firearms offences after gardaí found a stash of guns and ammunition at a rented home in west Cork. Ja(...)

‘I’ve yet to meet a homeless woman who hasn’t been raped’: Campaigners seek to establish refuge for those assaulted on streets
- Irish News
- January 23, 2021, 10:15
Campaigners behind a new pilot programme in Cork to assist people who have been sexually assaulted while sleeping rough on the streets are confident t(...)

UCC music department welcomes record bequest of €2m
- Irish News
- January 18, 2021, 08:02
Generations of musical talent from Seán Ó Riada to Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin have learned their craft at University College Cork (UCC) and now future mus(...)

Plans to import fracked gas through Cork shelved
- Irish News
- January 18, 2021, 06:47
The Green Party in Cork has welcomed confirmation that plans to import fracked gas into Ireland from the United States through the Port of Cork have b(...)

Call for stay on housing plan for Bessborough as search for graves continues
- Irish News
- January 14, 2021, 20:45
An adoptee born in Bessborough mother and baby home in Cork has called for a stay to be put on a planning application for apartments on the grounds un(...)

Nuns ‘distressed’ by controversy over Bessborough infant burials
- Irish News
- January 13, 2021, 19:13
A religious congregation has said it did everything within its power to help the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes locate the gra(...)

Man in court charged with manslaughter at Cork soup kitchen
- District Court
- January 13, 2021, 14:40
A 48-year-old man has been remanded on a bail after he was charged with the manslaughter of another man who was allegedly assaulted while attending a (...)

Bishop said State was defying canon law when seeking details of mothers in home
- Irish News
- January 13, 2021, 08:21
Conditions at the Bessborough Mother and Baby home in Cork led to a clash between church and State when the former bishop of Cork said the State was s(...)