Mother and baby home survivors willing to chain themselves to diggers to halt apartments
Survivors of the Bessborough Mother and Baby Home in Cork are protesting plans to build apartments on the site where hundreds of children died. They are demanding accountability and the preservation of the site as a memorial.
Why it matters
The protest highlights the ongoing struggle for justice and historical recognition regarding the systemic abuse within Ireland's former institutional care system.
A woman who was born in a mother and baby home in Cork , where hundreds of babies died, has said that survivors are prepared to chain themselves to diggers to prevent the building of apartments at the site.
The article centers the perspective of the survivors and activists, emphasizing the moral argument against the development.
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