{"id":359303,"date":"2026-03-22T12:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T12:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/359303\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T12:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T12:37:08","slug":"bessborough-planning-row-preserve-this-site-we-cannot-concrete-over-irelands-shameful-past-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/359303\/","title":{"rendered":"Bessborough planning row Preserve this site &#8211; we cannot concrete over Ireland&#039;s shameful past &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifEFVX3lxTE5zekJobTZfVVJsb3EtRXFsMEN0QTNjdDhZcUVCa18yYkFaaGlsa19jN2gzd0lFMWlsWlMtV3FVZFZQdmQ0Y0Y4NzBsTG9VelBZZTVkSjdYdUtRbG5UR1ExbjFkV2VNN29zXzVWa1VPMDk4bUZJdkJkTloxWHY?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bessborough planning row Preserve this site &#8211; we cannot concrete over Ireland&#8217;s shameful past<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiZEFVX3lxTE8xdl9tandVR0swVWNhOVAxVmpYSWhScU1oa0RJMXNNeXI2MHZ3TnhiWExlZkxXdEVHZW9fb0NnVGpEQ2Q0ZE5teG5hREtNOThZTTA3dXFwMzM5RUtiRzNUQm0wS0U?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Protest over development plans for Bessborough mother and baby site<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-gFBVV95cUxOV0VMbk1oN3JzZXNUXzZWQUNyX25ISVRWSm5DVzIwcE9ldXdoQkxnSDRVR2liZXVHVkN2OXFFcHJ0bkVEX2daQUJRS1hxTEpxV25vMXZPSUlYQlJRZG9oWU5tZlJURmpQYS1NVG1QcnJTRFg4cDNybXg1WVBUVzg5NlpXSXN5OUlVVTJLd3cwdF9neE9XYTBQTENWU1pGYVB5ZUV4WFN0NXBPR1JXZVJxbklEX3BLdnRiRnNzS3dvX29jUWwwY0hfRklmakkteldqSXNDbERCeFRWd0V2MFA1cmV2eWk3V0ZhOTB3OHRhT1BCUmV0Ty1rQ0xB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Experience of being born in mother and baby home informed TD\u2019s decision to oppose Bessborough development<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi9gFBVV95cUxPZlEzRzNBb2o3ajNWZWxUcldfWkhXUGNkb3NpLXB0REJDbTNvQS1fWXZQTlFwQko0bHUxc2MyaGl6WnlZYWdGb3NjcE82Zkx4VmtUTm9pMGZpRVVOc21GbHVrRkxWM0xOd1hHYm9iWTh4UkJFSzhSX0xSS2sxdnBsS1dzY2xTa3RFRUIxUk1oMmY5M255YjJMb2t4YW4tMjY4ejRIUS1uaXNzSVNydm9wdlRsYVRfSTc0UkNDd3cxWmQ5MEV5clZtTHl5cTRUU3oxaTd3LXFNbVh6MkE3V0RyZ1ZET1EtZ3B4UFhuUUtsSE9iQ2pCR0E?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Controversial planning move at former Cork mother-and-baby home subject of impassioned Seanad debate<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwgFBVV95cUxQMHBwSmR3ZWdaQ0N0M1hTejdkbFdZR0NhUmRpZ2FQRnFSdzJsaVNueU04b0ZSRlZYMWVuZUtuMkFHTUdnaXVvZWVBSTF0dlpBemVZdGhqN0RjanJVTFc2ZEtWc3Y2clFmbHZDSHBTUGhNeGpscGw3VEpHSzZ1dkI1MDE0S0hCaTBqWGczUGFSaVJkdHNmaWRSSlRVeWlBdXdwaHExZUx5UjFmUWZrcktKSl9rUzNGcHllQzZSU2paREEwdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Members of the Bessborough Mother and Baby Home Support group travel to th D\u00e1il to protest<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RedFM.ie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bessborough planning row Preserve this site &#8211; we cannot concrete over Ireland&#8217;s shameful past&nbsp;&nbsp;The JournalProtest over development plans&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359304,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[17670,162697,12780,33557,61,60,43,387,162698,3187],"class_list":["post-359303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-mother-and-baby-homes","tag-bessborough","tag-catholic-church","tag-column","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news","tag-opinion","tag-our-dark-past","tag-voices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}