{"id":46427,"date":"2026-04-21T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=46427"},"modified":"2026-04-20T14:31:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T13:31:17","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-global-doorstep-decision-on-proposed-apartments-at-bessborough-site-due-in-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=46427","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the Global doorstep\u2019: Decision on proposed apartments at Bessborough site due in July"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Cork City Council granted permission to demolish almost a dozen buildings at Bessborough in Blackrock, to make way for the apartments, reports <em>The Irish Examiner.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><em><u>The Irish Examiner<\/u><\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A decision on whether 140 apartments can be built on the site of a notorious Cork mother and baby institution is due in July\u2026.Between 1922 and 1998, the Sacred Heart nuns ran Bessborough, and in 2021, the Mother and Baby Homes Commission reported\u2026 it was \u2018highly likely\u2019 burials had occurred at Bessborough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bessborough estate, with its centrepiece the late 18th-century manor, originally covered 200 acres\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026 appeals have been lodged\u2026 Mr Horgan, in his appeal, quoted the Bessborough group as previously noting that the site contains \u2018a landscape of trauma, loss, and unmarked burials\u2019&#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/news\/munster\/arid-41819513.html\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cork City Council granted permission to demolish almost a dozen buildings at Bessborough in Blackrock, to make way for the apartments, reports The Irish Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[793,229,361,32],"class_list":["post-46427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-18th-century","tag-demolition","tag-ireland","tag-landscape"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46427"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46428,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46427\/revisions\/46428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}