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Madge O’Connell entered the laundry when she was 34 and spent the rest of her life in the care of nuns.
The brother and sister thought they were going to drown or be eaten by a shark when the found themselves stranded at sea.
Meanwhile, a landmark meeting to discuss compensation will take place with Justice John Quirke tomorrow afternoon.
They met the Minister for Justice and Junior Minister Kathleen Lynch about getting a state apology and redress for their time in the home.
The Bethany Survivors Group will speak to the Minister about their call for redress and an apology for what occurred during their time at the home.
A Bill will be debated in the Dáil next week.
The survivors of the Protestant-run Bethany home are calling for redress and an apology for their treatment at the home.
The movement has called for change and more transparency in Ireland’s justice system.
The State has set up a compensation fund for survivors of the Magdalene laundries – but questions have been raised about whether the religious orders should pay up too.
Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore told the women that “today is not the end” for them, and that “Ireland… was wrong, not you”.
The funds will be given to the UK Step by Step Centre for Irish Survivors of Industrial Schools and the Laundries.
Judge John Quirke will make recommendations on the criteria for the help the government can give to Magdalene Laundries survivors.
The children will not return to Sandy Hook, but will instead attend a disused school in a nearby town.
Meanwhile, suspect James Holmes is to appear before a US court for an initial hearing this morning.
The 160 women who met last night to discuss the issue said they will not co-operate with phase two of the report.
Oonagh Walsh, who is seeking consultation on her draft report on symphysiotomy, said that she is “very anxious to meet with survivors”.
Towards Healing’s first annual report says that over 28,000 counselling sessions were provided last year.
Catholic fundamentalism goes some way towards explaining the mid-set of obstetricians who performed the barbaric surgery, but it is not the entire story, writes Ruadhán Mac Aodháin.
The Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists described the procedure as an ‘exceptional and rare intervention’.
Powerful testimony at Oireachtas committee today from women who underwent operation – without their knowledge they say.
The group of women will discuss their proposed draft bill to amend the statute of limitations in relation to the pelvic operations at an Oireachtas committee hearing today.
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.
Around 200,000 survivors live in Israel.
Shivering survivors, grief-stricken relatives waiting on the docks and shock in the White Star Line offices: a pictorial record of the world receiving news that the ‘unsinkable’ ship had done the unthinkable.
The 18th century practice of unhinging women’s pelvises after childbirth has left many survivors with permanent damage.
Meanwhile, the Italian environment minister has expressed concern that the ship could start leaking oil.
The light aircraft was carrying a number of tourists from France, Sweden and Britain. The pilot and seven of his passengers died in the crash.
The plane crashed in a remote forest during a violent storm – four people survived.
A ceremony marking ten years since the attacks will be reserved for victims’ relatives only, survivors have been told.
Dozens of children are feared dead after a tourist boat sank in Russia. There are reports that the ship was overcrowded when it ran into a sudden storm.
Reports that two people found alive in the rubble today follow yesterday’s discovery of a four-month-old baby in a tsunami-destroyed village.
New Zealand officials have declared the search for survivors of the earthquake over, saying efforts have now shifted to the recovery of loved ones and their return to their families.
Police threaten to arrest “earthquake sightseers”, as an ambulance man recounts his shocking experiences to New Zealand radio.
The man is trapped in a collapsed building in Christchurch. The DFA are seriously concerned about his welfare and that of one other person in New Zealand.
A total of 98 people have now been confirmed dead with hundreds more fatalities expected in Christchurch.
A state of emergency has been declared with stories of survivors being plucked from the rubble after over 24 hours trapped.
Details of the two deceased begin to emerge with ‘serious concerns’ over two more Irish people missing and ten more still unaccounted for.
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