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Magdalene Laundries

Irish State Apology for the Magdalenes

By Irish America Staff
April / May 2013

March 20, 2013 by Leave a Comment

A rally by the advocacy group Justice for Magdalenes. Photo: Google Images.

On behalf of the Irish State,  on February 19 Taoiseach Enda Kenny gave a long-awaited and forthright apology to the victims of Ireland’s Magdalene laundries, the Church-run institutions where thousands of young women were kept – often against their wills – throughout the 1900s. In an address that was largely praised by survivors, family members and politicians alike, Kenny … [Read more...] about Irish State Apology for the Magdalenes

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