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# sean mcdermott street

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# SITE OF CONSCIENCE
Remembrance centre to be located at site of former Magdalene Laundry on Sean McDermott Street
The centre will honour survivors of mother and baby homes, industrial schools, reformatories, Magdalene laundries and related institutions.
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# sean mcdermott street
'It was like a jail': What should become of Ireland's last Magdalene Laundry?
It was the last laundry in the State to close in 1996 and has become a focal point for potential memorialisation.
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Jan 25th 2021, 12:05 AM
# sean mcdermott street
National College of Ireland in 'active discussions' with council over former Magdalene Laundry site
The laundry on Sean McDermott Street was the last to close in the State in 1996.
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Oct 12th 2019, 6:30 AM
# sean mcdermott street
Dublin City Council has 'no plan' to redevelop former Magdalene Laundry site
Social Democrat councillor Gary Gannon says he does.
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Oct 13th 2018, 8:50 AM
# sean mcdermott street
Council votes to block sale of Magdalene Laundry in Dublin's north inner city to hotel chain
Councillor Gary Gannon said the site can now become a place of “remembrance and learning”.
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Sep 13th 2018, 9:30 PM
# sean mcdermott street
Dublin City Council says sale of former Magdalene Laundry site is 'chance of a lifetime'
Objections have been raised to the proposed sale of the site to a Japanese hotel chain.
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Sep 11th 2018, 10:40 AM
# sean mcdermott street
Over 9,500 people sign petition to block sale of former Dublin Magdalene Laundry
A vote on whether to sell the Sean McDermott Street Magdalene Laundry to a Japanese hotel chain has been adjourned.
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Sep 3rd 2018, 5:28 PM
Voices
Magdalene Laundries: 'Memorial needed for women detained under heartless, vicious regime'
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald argues work should begin on a memorial on the site of the Sean McDermott St Laundry.
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Apr 15th 2018, 6:00 PM
# Dublin
Where does the sale of the Sean McDermott St Magdalene Laundry stand?
A consultation process with 150 Magdalene survivors is to take place on the 5 and 6 June.
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Apr 8th 2018, 7:45 AM
# sean mcdermott street
Funds from multimillion sale of Magdalene site to be used to refurb former school
Social Democrat councillor Gary Gannon said that it wasn’t good enough that the site would be used for another “soulless hotel”.
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Dec 28th 2017, 8:30 PM
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Magdalene memorial: 'I grew up in the shadow of that laundry'
If we are truly committed to remembering those darkest parts of our history, then we should preserve the Sean McDermott Street building as a living monument, writes Gary Gannon.
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Dec 21st 2017, 7:00 AM
# sean mcdermott street
Dublin City Council assures there will be a memorial on Magdalene home site
The site on Sean McDermott Street is expected to be sold to a Japanese hotel chain.
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Dec 18th 2017, 11:05 PM
# sean mcdermott street
Japanese hotel chain is 'likely' buyer for Magdalene Laundry site - councillor
Plans for the site include a hotel, a student residence, a cultural amenity and ten residential units.
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Dec 7th 2017, 6:30 AM
# sean mcdermott street
Gardaí investigating hit-and-run in Dublin's north inner-city
A 24-year-old man was taken to hospital.
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Oct 29th 2017, 12:57 PM
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'Burn it to the ground': What should be done with Magdalene laundry buildings?
A group of survivors and their families gathered at the back of a Dublin Magdalene laundry today to share their stories.
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Aug 25th 2017, 5:50 PM
# North Inner City
'Nobody deserves to die the way Neddy died' - Hutch family pleads for violence to end
The father-of-five was gunned down in his home on the night of 8 February.
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Feb 19th 2016, 3:05 PM
# tis the season
Christmas trees are going to make Ireland €21m this year
Growers are going to have a busy few weeks – with 550,000 trees due to be harvested.
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Nov 22nd 2015, 8:15 AM
# Magdalenes
Gone for good: Last Magdalene laundry to be converted into houses and sold
There are calls for a monument or museum to be built on the site to remember the women forced to stay in the institution in Dublin’s inner city.
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May 25th 2013, 7:10 AM
# Heartbreaking
A life unlived: 35 years of slavery in a Magdalene Laundry
One woman tells the story of her mother who was sent to a Laundry in Dublin at the age of 16 – and died there at the age of 51.
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Sep 30th 2012, 1:00 PM