# justice-for-magdalenes - Monday 15 October, 2018
# Mother-and-baby Homes
# Mother-and-baby Homes
A new report on mother and baby homes has recommended the State give those affected a statutory right to access files.
# justice-for-magdalenes - Tuesday 6 March, 2018
# Dublin
# Dublin
Justice for Magdalenes Research is calling on the government to help organise the event.
# justice-for-magdalenes - Sunday 6 March, 2016
# Flowers For Magdalenes
# Flowers For Magdalenes
At least 1,663 former Magdalene women are buried in cemeteries in Ireland – many in unmarked graves.
# justice-for-magdalenes - Wednesday 10 June, 2015
# Magdalene Laundries
# Magdalene Laundries
Some Magdelene survivors are “disappointed” with government support measures.
# justice-for-magdalenes - Friday 23 May, 2014
# Religious Orders
# Religious Orders
The scheme will cost the State up to €60 million.
# justice-for-magdalenes - Wednesday 5 February, 2014
# Holy See Report
# Holy See Report
JFM Research made the call after the United Nations denounced the Catholic Church for allowing priests to rape children.
# justice-for-magdalenes - Friday 8 November, 2013
# Survivors
# Survivors
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.
# justice-for-magdalenes - Tuesday 16 July, 2013
# Magdalenes
# Magdalenes
Magdalene Survivors said the women who worked in the laundries are ‘flabbergasted’ that the State is allowing this to happen.
# justice-for-magdalenes - Tuesday 18 June, 2013
# Justice For Magdalenes
# Justice For Magdalenes
The Justice for Magdalenes Research group has called for immediate redress following a report into the State involvement with Magdalene laundries.
# justice-for-magdalenes - Friday 17 May, 2013
# Magdalenes
# Magdalenes
The group said that it has ended its political campaign now that the objectives of an apology and a redress scheme for Magdalene survivors have been achieved.
# justice-for-magdalenes - Monday 11 March, 2013
# Magdalenes
# Magdalenes
Justice for Magdalenes is to meet with Justice John Quirke this week to discuss the establishment of a redress scheme.
# 9 At 9
# 9 At 9
Good morning. Here are the nine stories you need to know as you start your day.
# justice-for-magdalenes - Sunday 24 February, 2013
# Magdalenes
# Magdalenes
There are concerns for some women still shy about coming forward with their stories.
# justice-for-magdalenes - Tuesday 19 February, 2013
# Magdalenes
# Magdalenes
Justice for Magdalenes acknowledged the “sincere and heartfelt words of sorrow on behalf of all Irish citizens and the Irish State” expressed by the Taoiseach this evening.
# justice-for-magdalenes - Saturday 16 February, 2013
# Magdalene
# Magdalene
Meanwhile, the Justice for Magdalenes group has published a redacted version of its principal submission on the laundries online.
# justice-for-magdalenes - Monday 11 February, 2013
# Magdalenes
# Magdalenes
Members of the Magdalene Survivors Together will meet with Taoiseach Enda Kenny this afternoon but another group has sought clarification on the purpose of any meeting.
# justice-for-magdalenes - Sunday 10 February, 2013
# Magdalenes
# Magdalenes
A group of women represented by the Magdalene Survivors Together group will meet with Enda Kenny on Monday afternoon.
# justice-for-magdalenes - Wednesday 6 February, 2013
# Magdalenes
# Magdalenes
There were mixed messages across the world’s newspapers and news websites today.
# Magdalenes
# Magdalenes
“I don’t want to use that type of language,” said the Minister for Justice.
# justice-for-magdalenes - Tuesday 5 February, 2013
# Magdalenes
# Magdalenes
The report published today includes a section devoted to survivors’ first-hand accounts of life in a Laundry.
# Justice For Magdalenes
# Justice For Magdalenes
The waiting game continues for survivors of the Magdalen Laundries despite report confirming direct State involvement in the system.
# Magdalenes
# Magdalenes
From Enda Kenny’s non-apology to the record of previous governments, here’s what people on Twitter had to say about the Magdalene Laundry report.
# Laundries
# Laundries
The country’s biggest trade union says mental anguish cannot be undone, and survivors should be compensated adequately.
# Laundries
# Laundries
A selection of numerical statistics drawn from the Inter-Departmental report, and about the report itself.
# Laundries
# Laundries
Amnesty International Ireland says the Magdalenes report reveals “major human rights abuses” and demands urgent action.
# Justice For Magdalenes
# Justice For Magdalenes
Senator McAleese said he hopes his report brings healing and peace of mind to survivors.
# Magdalenes
# Magdalenes
Survivors are demanding an official State apology, as well as the return of lost wages and a proper compensation scheme.
# justice-for-magdalenes - Sunday 3 February, 2013
# Justice For Magdalenes
# Justice For Magdalenes
“Margaret was committed to industrial school in 1954. She was 2 yrs 4 mths old. She left 49 years later in a coffin.”
# justice-for-magdalenes - Saturday 2 February, 2013
# JFM
# JFM
According to one survivors’ group, Tuesday offers an opportunity to the Government to do “the right thing”.
# justice-for-magdalenes - Thursday 31 January, 2013
# Magdalene Laundries
# Magdalene Laundries
The report had been delayed on three separate occasions over a seven month period.
# justice-for-magdalenes - Friday 2 November, 2012
# Sign Of The Times
# Sign Of The Times
In announcing a “charity sermon,” it speaks of “numberless unhappy females whom it has reclaimed from vice by religious and moral instructions”.
# justice-for-magdalenes - Tuesday 25 September, 2012
# Justice For Magdalenes
# Justice For Magdalenes
The motion, due to be tabled by Sinn Féin, is set to take place today and tomorrow.
# justice-for-magdalenes - Wednesday 19 September, 2012
# Justice For Magdalenes
# Justice For Magdalenes
Extracts from the Justice For Magdalenes submission to a Government committee about the State’s involvement at the institutions.
# justice-for-magdalenes - Tuesday 11 September, 2012
# Justice For Magdalenes
# Justice For Magdalenes
The committee chairperson Martin McAleese said that extra information has to be examined which could add “in a meaningful way” to the overall outcome.
# justice-for-magdalenes - Thursday 7 June, 2012
# Magdalene Laundries
# Magdalene Laundries
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.
# justice-for-magdalenes - Tuesday 29 May, 2012
# Magdalenes
# Magdalenes
It is almost a year since a United Nations Committee Against Torture recommended an independent inquiry and redress for former residents of the infamous Magdalene Laundries.
# justice-for-magdalenes - Friday 14 October, 2011
# Abuse
# Abuse
Victims of the laundries should also be compensated for lost earnings over their time there, Justice For Magdalenes said.
# justice-for-magdalenes - Wednesday 15 June, 2011
# Magdalene Laundries
# Magdalene Laundries
The government pledges to “establish the true facts and circumstances” relating to the laundries – but no apology for now.
# justice-for-magdalenes - Saturday 11 June, 2011
# Magdalene Laundries
# Magdalene Laundries
The Minister for Justice is expected to act on the recent findings of a UN committee regarding the institutions within the the next two weeks.
# justice-for-magdalenes - Wednesday 8 June, 2011
# Poll
# Poll
What the survivors of the Magdalene Laundries want first is an apology, and then redress. But do we owe it to ourselves to hold a full inquiry into the State’s role as well?
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