Group calls for State apology to Magdalene laundry survivors
Victims of the laundries should also be compensated for lost earnings over their time there, Justice For Magdalenes said.
View ArticleSenator McAleese meets with Magdalene survivors
The Justice for Magdalenes group said that survivors and family members of survivors met with the Senator to discuss state interaction with the Magdalene Laundries.
View ArticleMagdalene Laundries report finds direct State involvement
Senator McAleese said he hopes his report brings healing and peace of mind to survivors.
View ArticleVIDEO: Taoiseach stops short of apologising for Magdalene Laundries, angering...
“That is not an apology… it is a cop out,” survivors said of Enda Kenny’s comments in the Dáil this afternoon.
View Article'State must finally accept its role': Amnesty responds to Magdalene report
Amnesty International Ireland says the Magdalenes report reveals “major human rights abuses” and demands urgent action.
View ArticleIn numbers: the report into the State's role in the Magdalene Laundries
A selection of numerical statistics drawn from the Inter-Departmental report, and about the report itself.
View ArticleSIPTU calls for financial compensation for Magdalene survivors
The country’s biggest trade union says mental anguish cannot be undone, and survivors should be compensated adequately.
View ArticleReligious orders offer apology for abuse in Magdalene Laundries
The four orders whose Laundries were investigated in the report express regret for the abuse uncovered there.
View ArticleIn their own words: Survivors' accounts of life inside a Magdalene Laundry
The report published today includes a section devoted to survivors’ first-hand accounts of life in a Laundry.
View ArticleGovernment departments used Magdalene laundries to do their washing
The Departments of Finance, Health, Social Welfare and Education all used the laundry on Sean McDermott Street in Dublin.
View Article"An apology needs to be addressed" - Labour puts pressure on Taoiseach
The statement issued by the party’s TDs and Senators this evening increases the pressure on Fine Gael in the wake of the Taoiseach’s non-apology.
View ArticleFF table Dáil motion to call for formal Magdalene apology
TDs will vote next Wednesday on whether to support a State apology, and to set up a unit to consider redress schemes.
View ArticleIn full: Enda Kenny’s State apology to the Magdalene women
“I, as Taoiseach, on behalf of the State, the government and our citizens deeply regret and apologise unreservedly to all those women for the hurt that was done to them…”
View ArticleTerms of Reference for government's Magdalene fund published
Judge John Quirke will make recommendations on the criteria for the help the government can give to Magdalene Laundries survivors.
View ArticleDáil hears heartfelt apologies to Magdalene Laundry survivors
Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore told the women that “today is not the end” for them, and that “Ireland… was wrong, not you”.
View ArticleArtist says Magdalenes piece "gives a voice to women who were never heard"
The work, which went on display last night, features hundreds of stories about life in the Magdalene laundries.
View ArticleBethany Home survivors: "They will have to realise we are not going away"
The group representing the survivors said that they will continue to push for redress and a memorial to children at the home buried in unmarked graves.
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View ArticlePoll: Should religious orders pay compensation for the Magdalene laundries?
The State has set up a compensation fund for survivors of the Magdalene laundries – but questions have been raised about whether the religious orders should pay up too.
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