Calls for a dig at Bessborough graveyard
A member of the Bessborough Mother and Baby Group has called for a dig to be conducted at the former mother and baby home. Helen Murphy was born at Bessborough in 1962 and taken from her birth mother and given up for adoption Yesterday she joined birth mothers and people born at Bessborough in Blackrock who held a service outside the gates of the home to remember those who had died there. The mortality rate at Bessborough was up to one third in 1933. The group have called for a full independent inquiry and want to be included in any probe the Government is now going to order. Speaking on the Neil Prendeville Show Helen Murphy says the only way of knowing how many babies are buried in Bessborough is by conducting a dig at the site Press PLAY button above to listen to the audio
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