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Carmel Cantwell

@carmelcantwell.bsky.social

My brother died unnecessarily in the care of a mother & baby institution in Cork, Ireland... seeking truth and accountability. An advocate for my mother & brother, the ones that matter. ✨Do no harm✨

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Carmel Cantwell@carmelcantwell.bsky.social · last wk.

Please help:send an email to TD’s&Senators to Save Bessboro from being developed.It’s very simple, just click on ‘click here to email all TD’s & Senators’. If you wish change the subject line to make it stand out from the others. Remember to put your name on the end. clannproject.org/savebessboro...

Save Bessborough

WE NEED YOUR HELP 878 mothers and babies remain missing at Bessborough. We must force the Government to step in before developers build over this land. Despite the Commission of Investigation confirmi...

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Carmel Cantwell@carmelcantwell.bsky.social · 2w ago

For many years I have been talking about burials at Bessboro not being in one particular area &this was because I spoke to people with first hand testimony of what they saw on the grounds of Bessboro.PatMulcahy was one of those witnesses.Please read the article below: www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...

Man who saw burials at Bessborough thought bodies were ‘like dolls’

Speaking publicly for the first time, Mr Mulcahy said he and his friend saw “three or possibly more” small corpses, in a state of decay, in a ...

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Katherine O’Donnell@ka-od.bsky.social · 3w ago

— the failure of the State re. Bessborough has deep and entrenched roots— Nice article by @ococonuts.bsky.social Canon law insists that accounts must be kept by religious orders & presented to church hierarchies www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

SPECIAL REPORT: Nuns told don’t co-operate as Bishop tried to thwart probes into Bessborough scandal

As Bessborough was investigated, the nuns were told don’t co-operate, writes Conall Ó Fatharta

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Katherine O’Donnell@ka-od.bsky.social · 3w ago

In more recent years the nuns did a remarkable alteration to the grounds around the folly where this woman saw a baby being buried — tonnes of soil was poured on site and very large boulders were set into position there. www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...

Woman born in Bessborough recalls seeing baby buried on grounds of mother and baby home

Therese Meyer says she witnessed a baby's burial in the grounds of the institution as An Coimisiún Pleanála upheld permission for a major housing ...

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Dr Claire McGettrick Born Lorraine Hughes@cmcgettrick.bsky.social · 3w ago

Please help us save Bessborough. If this was Tuam, the government would never dream of allowing a developer to build on the site. Why is Bessborough being treated differently? Click the link below to email all TDs & Senators and urge the government to step in.

@clannproject.bsky.social · 3w ago

SAVE BESSBOROUGH: WE NEED YOUR HELP 878 mothers and babies remain missing at Bessborough. We must force the Government to step in before developers build over this land. Click here to send an automatic email directly to all TDs and Senators. clannproject.org/savebessboro...

a photo of the memorial at bessboro
Katherine O’Donnell@ka-od.bsky.social · 4w ago

19 mothers & 859 infants held in Bessborough Mother & Baby Home died but their bodies are missing The Commission of Investigation stated ‘it is highly likely that burials did take place in the grounds of Bessborough’ but now planning has been granted to a developer. jfmresearch.com/bessborough/ 1/3

JFMR AND CLANN PROJECT STATEMENT ON BESSBOROUGH PLANNING PERMISSION

9 July 2026 We are horrified that An Coimisiún Pleanála has now granted planning permission for a private apartment development at the site of the former Mother and Baby Home in Bessborough, even t…

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Carmel Cantwell@carmelcantwell.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The Annual Bessboro Commemoration: Sunday 28 June @2pm We come together to honour the women and children who died in Bessboro.Hundreds of children have no known burial place. Until they are acknowledged with truth, dignity, & respect, we will continue to speak their names & highlight their stories.

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