Taoiseach Micheál Martin has reiterated the Government will reflect on the planning permission granted to build apartments on the site of the former Bessborough mother and baby homes site in Co Cork. The Coalition has faced cross-party calls from Sinn Féin, the Social Democrats, the Labour Party and People Before Profit to bring the site into public ownership and to stop any construction on the site. During Leaders' Questions, Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns repeated her recent calls for the Government to carry out a compulsory purchase order of the site. The Cork South West TD said Cork City Council had twice voted to carry out a CPO on the Bessborough site, including as recently as two weeks ago. However, the local authority does not have the capital to buy the land itself. She said it was "highly likely burials had taken place on this land", amid claims of as many as 900 burials on the site".
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