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The Archbishop said that the Catholic Church must “do more” to help victims of abuse.
Survivors, campaigners and academics say the scope of the Commission may need to be widened to take in private nursing homes, mental institutions and smaller mother-and-baby homes.
The Justice Minister also announced that lump sums totalling €12.8 million have been paid to survivors.
The six survivors have met up every year since the tragedy and hope to continue to so so in the future.
Inquest into 2011 tragedy in which six people died hears survivors tell how they felt “suffocated” and “terrified”.
Scores of people said to be missing after flash foods hit the remote Baghlan province.
More study on cancer-related fatigue is needed – and doctors are hoping to talk to survivors about it.
The programme will be shown on RTÉ.
The names of children who died while at the home are due to be released in the hope people will find their relations who lived there.
She said she hopes that more lay people and survivors of abuse will be asked to join the council.
A review of social work practices was undertaken in Donegal after a school caretaker was convicted of molesting four boys.
But star attacker Shane Walsh is ruled out for Galway through injury.
The memorial is dedicated to the young babies and children who died while in the care of the home between 1922 and 1949.
Survivors Who Stand Together claim that they are being treated like “beggars”.
JFM Research has published a supplementary guide for women experiencing issues claiming restorative justice.
Today marks the one year anniversary of the apology from the Taoiseach to Magdalene survivors.
The Dáil debated the lack of redress for the survivors this week.
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.
Kathleen Whelan is one of two members of Magdalene Survivors Together who has died this year before receiving compensation.
Derek Leinster said that there has been some good news regarding a memorial at Mount Jerome cemetery.
The protest will involve the signatures of over 1,000 people being gathered on white sheets and displayed at the event.
One of the groups representing survivors says the system proposed by James Reilly “seeks to buy their silence”.
Derek Leinster has said that he would like Enda Kenny to set up a small committee “to do the right thing”.
Parallels have been made between the Bethany Home case and that of the Magadalene Laundries.
The survivors are to regroup and consider their options in their fight for redress.
One survivor said he was “devastated” by the decision which was announced by government in a statement this evening.
The men and women, who say they were neglected while in the care of the home, met with the North’s Deputy First Minister yesterday.
The survivors are looking for their cross-border experiences of neglect to be investigated under the Joint Ministerial Council of the Belfast Good Friday Agreement.
A group representing survivors of the Magdalene laundries has asked people to withhold donations to their local Catholic church this weekend.
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.
A survivors’ group says any proposals for a Magdalene-type scheme of redress would be “wholly inappropriate”, and has called on the Government to engage with its members.
Justice for Magdalenes research has published a guide, and said it will “empower” survivors when applying for the funds.
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The compensation scheme announced this week falls far short of what’s required, survivors say.
The Magdalene survivors will all receive cash payments from €11,500 to €100,000, depending on their length of stay.
A protest was held outside Leinster House today as the women fight for the right to a day in court.
The group say that they have suffered physical and mental wounds due to their time in Bethany Home.