Sale Of Cork's Mother & Baby Home Will Not Affect Inquiry
The planned sale of Bessborough will not affect the inquiry into mother and baby homes.
That's according to the Mother and Baby Homes Commission who say the cemetery and remembrance site are not included in the portfolio that has been put up for sale by the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
The Irish Examiner reports that in 2012 the HSE informed the Government that 470 infants and 10 women died in Bessborough between 1934 and 1953.
It also reported that the files of children who were subjected to vaccine trials carried out at Bessborough were altered in 2002 just weeks after the Commission into Child Abuse looked for the records from the order running the home.
To date the Tuam mother and baby home is the only one to have been physically examined for remains, with the commission yet to decide on whether it plans to examine other locations.
Speaking to RedFM News Irish Examiner Reporter Conall O'Faharty says the sale of the building should not delay the work of the commission:
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