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That those negotiations are necessary at all underlines the shameful reluctance of church leaders, religious congregations, and lay Catholic organisations to face up to the systemic abuse inflicted over several decades
The burial place of over 850 children who died in Bessborough, or shortly after being transferred to hospital from there, remains unknown.
The legislation will also allow for the excavation and reburial of remains at the sites of other former institutions.
The legislation allows the children’s remains found at the site to be excavated, recovered, and finally given a formal burial.
Mary Donovan’s siblings are among the 923 children who died at Bessborough mother and baby institution in Cork.