Mayo woman Anne Ronayne is set to lead a 220km commemorative walk between the Tuam and Bessborough mother and baby homes in Ireland, honoring the babies who died in these institutions.

The Irish Government is facing calls to purchase the lands associated with the former Bessborough mother and baby home, a site with a history of controversy and investigations.

Former Minister for Children, Katherine Zappone, sent a letter of appeal to An Coimisiún Pleanála, stating that efforts to locate burial grounds at the Bessborough site were insufficient in relation to plans to build apartments there.

Activists are urging the Irish State to purchase the former Bessborough mother and baby home lands in Cork to establish a memorial park, despite planning permission having been granted for over 100 apartments on the site.

A Cork politician, who was born at the Bessborough mother-and-baby home, has voiced concerns that the Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) process he supports for the site will incur significant costs.

The Labour Party leader has stated that the decision to allow the development of the Bessborough site in Cork is 'deeply disappointing' and is causing 'immense distress and concern' among the public.

Planning permission has been upheld for 106 apartments at the former Bessborough home site in Cork, though one block was removed from original plans. The decision has been condemned as 'shameful' by survivors and families who have long called for the site to be excavated.

Senator Laura Harmon argues against building apartments over the Bessborough mother and baby home in Cork, stating it risks erasing truth, denying families answers, and disrespecting survivors of Ireland's past.

Planning permission for apartments at the Bessborough mother and baby home in Cork is being criticized because the grounds have not been fully examined for burials, according to a woman whose infant brother died there.

A researcher is urging the purchase of the Bessborough site and an inquest into the deaths of 19 mothers and 859 infants, whose burial locations remain unknown.

Burial place of more than 800 children from Cork mother and baby home remains unknown

Ireland's Taoiseach has ordered talks with landowners of the Bessborough site, a former mother and baby home where an estimated 900 women and children are buried, regarding proposed apartment construction.

The Irish government is set to reflect on the planning decision concerning the Bessborough site.

A cross-party solidarity action was held outside Cork City Council Hall in support of the survivors of Bessborough Mother and Baby Home.

Survivors of the Bessborough mother and baby home have vowed to chain themselves to diggers to prevent the construction of apartments on the site. A vigil was held where survivors expressed their determination to stop the building work.

Irish TD Richard Boyd-Barrett announced his opposition to the Bessborough development, stating that his decision was informed by his personal experience of being born in a mother and baby home.

Campaigners are shocked by plans to build 140 residential apartments on the site of the former Bessborough mother and baby home, which will involve the demolition of existing agricultural buildings and log cabins.

Minister for Children Norma Foley has stated her desire for all possible options to be explored regarding the future of the Bessborough site in Cork.

The Department of Children has defended the work carried out by the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation at Bessborough, following renewed calls from a former Minister for a fresh forensic investigation of the site.

Former Minister for Children Katherine Zappone submitted a letter to An Coimisiún Pleanála, expressing serious concerns regarding the Bessborough mother and baby home site in Cork, as reported by the Special Advocate for survivors of institutional abuse.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has called for engagement regarding the future of the Bessborough site, emphasizing the need to address the issue appropriately.

The Taoiseach stated that the Irish government is 'reflecting' on the planning permission granted for the Bessborough apartments, but made no commitment to a state purchase of the site.

Human rights academics have formally objected to An Coimisiún Pleanála regarding the construction of a large-scale residential development on the site of the former Bessborough Mother and Baby institution.

Campaigners for mother and baby home survivors have pledged to challenge Cork City Council's decision to grant planning permission for 140 apartments on the site of the notorious Bessborough facility.