Report On Mother And Baby Homes To Be Published In Early January

The Children's Minister Roderic O'Gorman revealed to the Dail he'll look for Cabinet approval on the week of January 11th.

Children's Minister Roderic O'Gorman confirming to the Dail the plans for the publication of the Commission into mother and baby homes report.

The minister received the report, which is around 3 thousand pages long, at the end of October.

He committed to review the report with survivors and their families before it's published.

Meanwhile a planning application to build an apartment block on the site of a home in Cork has received backlash.

Historian Catherine Corless fears there could hundreds of babies buried on the site in Bessborough.

She says the site needs to be thoroughly excavated.:

Minister Roderic O'Gorman says he's aware of that application, and finds it 'concerning'.