A former resident of a Cork mother and baby home has initiated a High Court damages action against the State, the HSE and the order of Catholic nuns that ran the facility.
Woman sues over alleged treatment at Cork mother and baby home
The former resident of Bessborough House claims she was subjected to physical and emotional abuse and her baby girl was allegedly wrongfully adopted.
The action has been brought by Caroline Donovan who was a resident of Bessborough House in Cork on two occasions, once in the mid 1980s and also for a period during the early 1990s. File photo
Fri, 22 Jan, 2021 - 20:41
Ann O’Loughlin
A former resident of a Cork mother and baby home has initiated a High Court damages action against the State, the HSE and the order of Catholic nuns who ran that facility.
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Mother and baby home survivor sues State and order of nuns over alleged treatment at Bessborough
The action is understood to be one of the first brought following the publication of the final report by the commission of investigation earlier this month. By Aodhan O Faolain Friday 22 Jan 2021, 5:02 PM Jan 22nd 2021, 5:02 PM 16,327 Views 0 Comments
File photo. Caroline Donovan says her constitutional rights were breached while at Bessborough
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Image: Laura Hutton/Rollingnews.ie
A FORMER RESIDENT of a mother and baby home in Cork has initiated a High Court damages action against the State, the HSE and the order of Catholic nuns who ran that facility.
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