# magdalene-laundries - Friday 11 August, 2017
The UN Committee Against Torture is critical of the government’s record in a number of areas.
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# magdalene-laundries - Thursday 22 June, 2017
Margaret Bullen died in 2003 aged just 50 from a disease possibly linked to her exposure to industrial-strength chemicals in the Laundries where she had lived.
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# magdalene-laundries - Monday 20 March, 2017
A survivor returned this week to the Magdalene Laundry where she had been forced to spend her youth.
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# magdalene-laundries - Saturday 11 March, 2017
Enda Kenny has said he wants to deal with the dark legacies of our past but following his statements this week, he’s still way off the mark, writes Sinead Pembroke.
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# magdalene-laundries - Sunday 5 March, 2017
Over 1,600 women are buried in cemeteries around the country, many of whom are in unmarked graves.
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# magdalene-laundries - Sunday 6 March, 2016
At least 1,663 former Magdalene women are buried in cemeteries in Ireland – many in unmarked graves.
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# magdalene-laundries - Wednesday 10 June, 2015
Some Magdelene survivors are “disappointed” with government support measures.
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# magdalene-laundries - Friday 22 May, 2015
The women will be eligible for a range of health services from the start of July.
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# magdalene-laundries - Tuesday 13 January, 2015
Justice for Magdalenes is preparing a critique on the McAleese report into the Magdalene laundries.
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# magdalene-laundries - Thursday 30 October, 2014
The man’s teacher said most students in the prison have little or no art experience and the classes help them to see what they’re capable of.
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# magdalene-laundries - Saturday 9 August, 2014
Justice for Magdalenes Research has said that it falls short of what was previously recommended to Government.
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# magdalene-laundries - Monday 14 July, 2014
The Justice Minister defended the State redress scheme for survivors of symphysiotomy at a meeting of the UN Human Rights Committee in Geneva today.
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# magdalene-laundries - Sunday 29 June, 2014
The history of Ireland’s legal adoption battle is fraught with examples of church-state collusion, even after 1952 when legislation for it was finally enacted in Ireland.
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# magdalene-laundries - Tuesday 24 June, 2014
The Justice Minister also announced that lump sums totalling €12.8 million have been paid to survivors.
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# magdalene-laundries - Saturday 14 June, 2014
The Minister for Children said the investigation into mother-and-baby homes must have a time-limit and be cost-effective.
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# magdalene-laundries - Tuesday 10 June, 2014
Justice for Magadalenes Research said today that the laundries should be included in the government’s statutory investigation.
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# magdalene-laundries - Monday 9 June, 2014
It’s a common refrain that widespread abuse was only exposed in recent decades – but the real story is very different, writes Fin Dwyer.
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# magdalene-laundries - Friday 23 May, 2014
The scheme will cost the State up to €60 million.
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# magdalene-laundries - Wednesday 23 April, 2014
Justice Minister Alan Shatter told the Dáil that 731 applications have been made under the redress scheme so far.
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# magdalene-laundries - Thursday 13 March, 2014
Around 250 women have accepted offers of compensation from a fund set up in the wake of the McAleese report into the Magdalene Laundries, the Public Accounts Committee heard today.
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# magdalene-laundries - Sunday 2 March, 2014
The event was held in Glasnevin Cemetery today.
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# magdalene-laundries - Wednesday 19 February, 2014
Good morning, here’s everything you need to know to launch yourself into Wednesday.
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Today marks the one year anniversary of the apology from the Taoiseach to Magdalene survivors.
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# magdalene-laundries - Wednesday 5 February, 2014
The Holy See said it sees some of the UN committee’s observations as interfering with its teaching.
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The UN demanded that the Vatican “immediately remove” all clergy who are known or suspected child abusers.
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# magdalene-laundries - Sunday 29 December, 2013
Magdalene survivors, symphysiotomy campaigns and UNCAT criticism of abortion guidelines…this is the year that was.
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# magdalene-laundries - Thursday 28 November, 2013
It is the second time this month that a UN agency has voiced concerns about Ireland’s record.
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# magdalene-laundries - Friday 8 November, 2013
Justice for Magdalenes Research pointed to the length of time the McAleese Report said most women stayed in the laundries, compared to how long survivors actually stayed in them.
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# magdalene-laundries - Tuesday 5 November, 2013
Speaking in the Dáil this evening, Shatter said that over 600 applications have been made for lump-sum payments from the redress scheme set up in the wake of the McAleese report.
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# magdalene-laundries - Thursday 31 October, 2013
Mary Lou McDonald said time was ticking and that at least two women have passed away without receiving compensation.
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# magdalene-laundries - Tuesday 27 August, 2013
The protest will involve the signatures of over 1,000 people being gathered on white sheets and displayed at the event.
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# magdalene-laundries - Saturday 3 August, 2013
The principals of basic human compassion and decency would lead anybody to disgust at the conditions asylum seekers endure in Direct Provision hostels – and the warning signs clearly point to future scandal, writes Aaron McKenna.
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# magdalene-laundries - Thursday 25 July, 2013
Parallels have been made between the Bethany Home case and that of the Magadalene Laundries.
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# magdalene-laundries - Wednesday 24 July, 2013
# magdalene-laundries - Wednesday 17 July, 2013
Ireland will most likely hold a referendum on gay marriage next year. How will you vote?
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The religious orders who were responsible for the Magdalene Laundries should give money towards the compensation scheme, but Enda Kenny says he won’t go down the legal route to ensure they do.
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Why are the religious orders responsible for running the Magdalene Laundries not obliged to pay financial compensation to survivors?
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The minister said it would not be lawful to remove the religious orders charitable status and there’s no scope to take legal action against those who refuse to contribute to the compensation scheme.
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# magdalene-laundries - Tuesday 16 July, 2013
Justice Minister Alan Shatter has said he is disappointed that religious orders implicated in the Magdalene Laundries scandal will not contribute to the compensation fund for survivors.
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Magdalene Survivors said the women who worked in the laundries are ‘flabbergasted’ that the State is allowing this to happen.
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Minister said Bethany Home must be included in redress scheme… in 2010
Three years ago Kathleen Lynch said the government’s refusal to include the Bethany Home in a redress scgeme was a “running sore”. Yesterday she said the government’s decision to refuse redress was an “appropriate one”.
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