Magdalene report brief summary

Magdalene report brief summary

Here's a summary of what we've had today;

- Report finds 10,000 women and girls entered Magdalene laundries since 1922 

- More than a quarter (26.5%) of referrals made or facilitated by the State


- Taoiseach expresses sympathies but falls short of issuing full State apology

- Shatter laments State did not investigate the laundries until July 2011

- Survivor groups call reparations to be made to survivors

- While the laundries were harsh, lonely places, report finds no evidence of sexual abuse

- The average age of detainees 23, the youngest was nine, the oldest 89

Diana O'Hara Jerome Elam 

http://www.magdalenelaundries.com/

http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/MagdalenRpt2013

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/05/magdalene-laundries-ireland-state-guilt

http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/heart-without-compromise-children-and-children-wit/2013/feb/1/beyond-veil-tears-survivors-magdalene-laundries/

An End To Silence: Beyond the veil of tears: Survivors of the Magdale... http://anendtosilence2011.blogspot.com/2013/02/beyond-veil-of-tears-survivors-of_4.html?spref=tw

http://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/22718