Michael Bolton A woman whose brother died six weeks after he was born at the Bessborough Mother and Baby Home in Cork has said that she is shocked at a decision to allow apartments to ...

The move comes after the court’s chief coroner conceded a High Court challenge brought by the infant’s mother.

Madeleine Bridget Marvier was 17 years old when she was admitted to the home in Blackrock, Cork City, in August 1960. About two months later, she gave birth to her son, William Gerard Walsh.

This week a decision made by Cork City Council to refuse planning permission for a proposed 92 unit residential development at Bessborough in Blackrock in the city was upheld by An Bord Pleanála.