'My mother was tied to the bed and when she couldn't push, one of the nuns sat on her chest'
A new report on mother and baby homes has recommended the State give those affected a statutory right to access files.
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A new report on mother and baby homes has recommended the State give those affected a statutory right to access files.
Justice for Magdalenes Research is calling on the government to help organise the event.
At least 1,663 former Magdalene women are buried in cemeteries in Ireland – many in unmarked graves.
Some Magdelene survivors are “disappointed” with government support measures.
The scheme will cost the State up to €60 million.
JFM Research made the call after the United Nations denounced the Catholic Church for allowing priests to rape children.
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.
Magdalene Survivors said the women who worked in the laundries are ‘flabbergasted’ that the State is allowing this to happen.
The Justice for Magdalenes Research group has called for immediate redress following a report into the State involvement with Magdalene laundries.
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 is to meet with Justice John Quirke this week to discuss the establishment of a redress scheme.
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There are concerns for some women still shy about coming forward with their stories.
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.
Meanwhile, the Justice for Magdalenes group has published a redacted version of its principal submission on the laundries online.
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.
A group of women represented by the Magdalene Survivors Together group will meet with Enda Kenny on Monday afternoon.
There were mixed messages across the world’s newspapers and news websites today.
“I don’t want to use that type of language,” said the Minister for Justice.
The report published today includes a section devoted to survivors’ first-hand accounts of life in a Laundry.
The waiting game continues for survivors of the Magdalen Laundries despite report confirming direct State involvement in the system.
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.
The country’s biggest trade union says mental anguish cannot be undone, and survivors should be compensated adequately.
A selection of numerical statistics drawn from the Inter-Departmental report, and about the report itself.
Amnesty International Ireland says the Magdalenes report reveals “major human rights abuses” and demands urgent action.
Senator McAleese said he hopes his report brings healing and peace of mind to survivors.
Survivors are demanding an official State apology, as well as the return of lost wages and a proper compensation scheme.
“Margaret was committed to industrial school in 1954. She was 2 yrs 4 mths old. She left 49 years later in a coffin.”
According to one survivors’ group, Tuesday offers an opportunity to the Government to do “the right thing”.
The report had been delayed on three separate occasions over a seven month period.
In announcing a “charity sermon,” it speaks of “numberless unhappy females whom it has reclaimed from vice by religious and moral instructions”.
The motion, due to be tabled by Sinn Féin, is set to take place today and tomorrow.
Extracts from the Justice For Magdalenes submission to a Government committee about the State’s involvement at the institutions.
The committee chairperson Martin McAleese said that extra information has to be examined which could add “in a meaningful way” to the overall outcome.
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.
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.
Victims of the laundries should also be compensated for lost earnings over their time there, Justice For Magdalenes said.
The government pledges to “establish the true facts and circumstances” relating to the laundries – but no apology for now.
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.
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?